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Donkees

(31,401 posts) Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:41 PM Dec 2016

Bernie Sanders Statement on Dakota Access Pipeline Decision

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Bernie Sanders Statement on Dakota Access Pipeline Decision (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2016 OP

Fantastic news! Finally something since the election to cheer about! RiverStone Dec 2016 #1

The pipeline will still be completed Warpy Dec 2016 #2

That is correct TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #4

Thank you President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers. lapucelle Dec 2016 #3

K&R! The water protectors are an inspiration. demmiblue Dec 2016 #5

I hope you posted this in the video forum too :) Donkees Dec 2016 #6

I did... no responses. demmiblue Dec 2016 #8

That is great. Really. zonkers Dec 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author TonyPDX Dec 2016 #7

Shadow prez. zonkers Dec 2016 #9

RiverStone

(7,228 posts)

1. Fantastic news! Finally something since the election to cheer about!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:55 PM

Dec 2016

And thanks to Bernie Sanders for speaking the truth for so many of us!

Power to the people at Standing Rock!

Warpy

(111,256 posts)

2. The pipeline will still be completed

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 06:13 PM

Dec 2016

It will just be rerouted. It will also be more expensive and that will increase the cost of the oil flowing through it, increasing the price of the products refined from it. Perhaps increased cost will spur more conservation, but the pipeline itself is not being abandoned, just the short section that would have crossed reservation land/water.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,186 posts)

4. That is correct

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 08:33 PM

Dec 2016

It will go under the Missouri River. It will still have land condemned under imminent domain. It will still only pay landowners for PERMANENT easements, when mineral rights contracts are only for 25 years. And it will still carry the products of fracking. The is certainly a win for Native American sovereignty, but for the rest of us, not so much.