Even as rhetoric and emotions surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline swell, we have worked to ensure all responses have been fact-based and straightforward. Having said that, you may have wondered why the SRFC and MAIN Coalition didn’t have an immediate response to the Congressional letter sent to President Obama yesterday. Honestly, it was because it was…
As the legal battle surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline takes center stage, protestors are lobbing a variety of federal violation allegations against the Pipeline. But as Standing Rock Fact Checker has pointed out in the past – those claims are simply false. The Pipeline followed a 2+ year approval and permitting process at the federal…
“It appears from our initial reading that Congresswoman Moore’s amendment deals with reviewing the regulatory process only, and should have no impact – whatsoever – on the Dakota Access Pipeline or any other currently sited or approved infrastructure project. Should the Congress and Administration move forward with updating regulations, they must recognize a split in…
As Standing Rock Fact Checker has pointed out multiple times, those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline continue to use petroleum products to carry out their disobedience and rally others to their cause. The hypocrisy can be seen in what has become one of the more emblematic images on the ongoing protest. The man pictured below…
At this week’s White House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington DC, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell addressed a crowd of more than one hundred Native American tribal leaders and youth leaders. She referred to the legal challenge by EarthJustice and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the…
According to a memo circulated last week by State Historical Society of North Dakota Chief Archaeologist Paul Picha, seven archeologists found no burial or culturally significant sites in the Dakota Access Pipeline construction corridor to date. This analysis, first reported by Say Anything blogger Rob Port, aligns with the US Army Corps of Engineers’ two-year…
Recently, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Army announced a schedule for tribal consultations regarding consultations with Native American tribes on future infrastructure projects: “Recent events have highlighted the need for a broader review and consultation as to how, prospectively, Federal decision-making on infrastructure projects can better…
On Thursday, the House Committee on Natural Resources’ Democrats held a forum on the Dakota Access Pipeline the ongoing protest by the Standing Rock Sioux and affiliated tribes. Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) hosted the event and invited fellow Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) among others. Both lawmakers have been vocal opponents of the project. The…
As Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump discuss their visions to support our nation’s economic prosperity, there will be one area that they both can agree: encouraging private infrastructure development. There is no debate that our nation’s infrastructure needs updating; and there are American companies ready to employ American skilled labor to get the job done…
Drinking water is a serious concern for Dakota Access protestors—but what if they already have a bigger risk in their own backyard? The map below shows the Prairie Knight Casino & Resort and the tributary system that eventually flows into Lake Oahe. It’s fair to speculate that the casino could currently be discharging their waste…