BUT AGAIN....WE NEED TO DIG FOR OUR OWN OIL, NOT DEPEND ON SAUDI OIL!
There has to be away to both preserve the rights of native peoples, and have our oil too.
The White House: Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Section 1. Policy. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) under development by Dakota Access, LLC, represents a substantial, multi-billion-dollar private investment in our Nation's energy infrastructure. This approximately 1,100-mile pipeline is designed to carry approximately 500,000 barrels per day of crude oil from the Bakken and Three Forks oil production areas in North Dakota to oil markets in the United States. At this time, the DAPL is more than 90 percent complete across its entire route. Only a limited portion remains to be constructed.
I believe that construction and operation of lawfully permitted pipeline infrastructure serve the national interest.---President Trump
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/24/presidential-memorandum-regarding-construction-dakota-access-pipeline
US Chamber of Commerce: President Trump Revives Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
It’s great seeing a president who treats North American energy abundance as a benefit to producing jobs and growth.
“For too long, private infrastructure investment has been held hostage by government interference driven by fringe interests,” said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. “Today’s Executive Orders on the Dakota Access pipeline and Keystone XL pipeline demonstrate that we finally have an administration that is serious about putting American energy to work for the entire economy.”
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) agreed.
https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/president-trump-revives-keystone-xl-and-dakota-access-pipelines
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Standing Rock Sioux: 'we can't back down now' on Dakota pipeline fight--The Guardian
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters are vowing to resist Donald Trump’s executive order to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline with legal action, civil disobedience and a return to the “water protector” encampments.
“President Trump is legally required to honor our treaty rights and provide a fair and reasonable pipeline process,” said Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman Dave Archambault, who called Trump’s action “politically motivated”.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/standing-rock-sioux-we-cant-back-down-now-on-dakota-pipeline-fight/ar-AAmbNgz?li=BBnb7Kz
Here's who benefits from Keystone, Dakota pipelines---CBS NEWS
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that construction would move forward on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, both of which had stalled under the Obama administration. The decision was a blow to environmental activists and supporters of tribal sovereignty, but was touted by the White House as a great boost to the American economy.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/heres-who-benefits-from-keystone-dakota-pipelines/ar-AAmbHBu
6 of America's 8 oil-producing states are now in recession (USA TODAY)
Recession swamped six of the eight biggest oil-pumping U.S. states in 2016, according to a new report that illustrates the damaging effects of the global commodity's slide on American energy.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/6-of-americas-8-oil-producing-states-are-now-in-recession/ar-AAmaPBA
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