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The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July without a full environmental assessment. Source: Indian Country Today
Last week, a few dozen Native Americans showed up to protest the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile-long pipeline that would cross right through their sacred land. As word spread, however, the few dozen turned into more than 2,500 native Americans. Because of the large turnout, a brief victory ensued for the people after the developers of the four-state oil pipeline
agreed to halt construction until after a federal hearing in the coming week.
In spite of both the company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, and the federal government applying pressure, the Native Americans from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have remained resilient.
On Tuesday, the government placed a restraining order on the protesters prohibiting them "from interfering with its (Energy Transfer Partners') right to construct the Dakota Access Pipeline (the "Pipeline") in accordance with all local, state, and federal approvals it has obtained."
However, the protestors remained steadfast — and peaceful.
Comment: This is why Jeremy Corbyn is currently very popular in the UK, and why he would probably win a snap election by a landslide.
Isn't it interesting, in light of the incessant flak Rio de Janerio took for hosting the 2016 Olympics, that no such complaints were made in 2012 when the city with the worst wealth disparity in the West hosted the Olympics?