Chairman Dave Archambault II continues to perpetuate several flawed statements about the Dakota Access Pipeline. His most recent example can be found in his statement following yesterday’s U.S. Court of Appeals hearing. According to Archambault: “Millions of people across the country and world, more than 300 federally-recognized tribes, members of Congress and dozens of city…
In an effort to keep the ongoing debate as factual as possible, check out the MAIN Coalition’s Additional Reading page. From industry letters to court documents, all the information you need on Dakota Access in one place. https://mwalliancenow.org/resources/additional-reading/
The Bismarck Tribune State regulators say they received a confidence boost this week after learning federal inspectors had spent the equivalent of 400 days looking over the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Read More
In the 2015 State of the Union, President Obama said America needs, “21st century infrastructure ‐‐ modern ports, stronger bridges, faster trains and the fastest internet. Democrats and Republicans used to agree on this.” Now, almost two years later, 18 organizations representing companies and workers who have made their living building American energy infrastructure are…
Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard both sides of the ongoing debate surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline. Upon the hearing’s conclusion, MAIN Coalition spokesman Craig Stevens issued the following statement: “We’re not going to attempt to divine the outcome of today’s hearing, however as…
According to Say Anything’s Rob Port and Poltico’s Elana Schor, local law enforcement officials are growing increasingly concerned with the violence they have seen at the protest sites, but more importantly, the lack of attention it is gaining with federal officials. In a letter addressed to Department of Justice, Interior Department, and Army Corps of Engineers,…
As Standing Rock Fact Checker has previously discussed, Paul Picha, chief archeologist of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, released the official report on the Dakota Access cultural surveys. The final memo includes images and maps that reinforce their original position—no cultural material was found in the 1.36 mile stretch of the Dakota Access…
Last week, members of the ongoing Dakota Access pipeline protest claimed that pipeline security officials employed the use of tear gas via an airplane to disperse the increasingly hostile crowd of protestors. This is simply not the case. In a press release from the Morton County Sherriff’s department, the claim was easily debunked as the…
This past weekend, federal officials announced that despite the ongoing protest near Cannonball they will not evict protestors from their encampment – even though the protest sits on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land. In a story from the Associated Press, it seems that local voices are concerned with the decision. Pam Link, of the…
Five labor unions called on President Obama to allow for construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue. In a letter released this morning, the unions said the action by the Departments of Justice, Interior, and the U.S. Army. will impact their members directly. The letter noted: Our members make careers out of jobs created…
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