"WE HAVE MILITARIZED THE OIL INDUSTRY" - DAKOTA ACCESS UPDATE 12/4/16 (Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Joins other Veterans)

STANDING WITH STANDING ROCK ( Updated 12/4/16)
By Thom Palmer
December 4, 2016

"We Have Militarized the Oil Industry"

Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, a military veteran herself, will join the

Veterans at Standing Rock today, December 4th in a show of solidarity.

Tulsi Gabbard Joins the Fight

The show of unity at Standing Rock in opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline must not stop after the December 5th demonstration, where over 2000 U.S. Military Veterans will converge on the protest staging site in support and protection of the Sioux. Let by the son of General Wesley Clark, the junior Clark has organized this show of force. The statement made is "NO WAY".

STOP THE ASSAULT AGAINST NATIVE and NON-NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA

Militarizing the oil industry is nothing new. We've allowed corporate greed to wage wars in the Middle East over control of oil, and its profits, but until now, they have not waged war on American citizens. However, as fascism grows, profit at any cost, including the lives and health of not just the Lakota and Americans all along waterways throughout the countrys mid-section, but thousands of species of animals around the world, and up to a billion refugees around the world who will be searching for high ground, as Earths temperature is expected to rise over three degrees by the end of the century.

Stop the oil war by obstructing, protesting, and refusing to accept this fascism. God bless the Lakota for standing up. They are not only protecting their ancestral lands and water supply. They are protecting the population of all states between North Dakota and Texas from guaranteed environmental disaster.

STANDING FIRM
Stand FIRM with Standing Rock. Protect the Earth and its inhabitants, the wind, and the waterways. DAPL is saying they're going to run the pipeline no matter what. With the next President planning on quickening the climate changing and species killing propellant of oil drilling an leaky pipelines, WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AND OBSTRUCT, DENY, AND PROTEST this takeover of the United States Military by the oil industry. Fascism cannot succeed unless we accept it.

U.S.Military: Pawns of the Oil Industry

STANDING WITH STANDING ROCK

(Original article excerpts)

The Sioux are embattled in a another war of sorts with the United States government, and WE need to side with them this time. When the U.S. Calvalry conquered the Sioux Nation back in the late 1800's, the United States agreed to never invade or harm sovereign tribal land, burial grounds and ancient artifacts. Now, for oil profits, their land and life giving waterways are at risk of being destroyed, polluted by leaky oil pipilines being run across the rivers that feed their population.

MAKE NO MISTAKE ... THIS IS AN OIL WAR IN THE MAKING. There is a difference between Native Americans occupying federal lands to protest and the Bundy standoff in Oregon in 2014, where the Bundy clan, white nationalists, armed and dangerous were given a pass from the United States government, all being aquitted of all charges.  The difference being that the protests in North Dakota are being done peacefully, yet for almighty oil industry profits and the exploitation of federal land for profit, the Army Corps of Engineers is giving them until December 5th to vacate the protest area on federal land, and move to an area back into Reservation territory. Failure to do so could be cause for arrest and prosecution. This is nothing more than an intimidation tactic, using law enforcement to quash a legal and important attempt at stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline from being constructed through the Missouri and several other rivers which give life to the Sioux.

This is also a precursor to a final assault by the oil industry and congressional Republicans to approve and build the Keystone XL Pipeline. Very simply they are planning on running many more pipelines throughout the United States, converting gas pipelines to oil pipelines, and building more, which are guaranteed to leak into rivers and streams, and harming tribal lands throughout the mid-west and south on their way to south Texas.

September 20, 2014 Meeting Audio. Sioux Tribal Council Meeting with DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) representatives.  Note: The DAPL representative claims a small number of added jobs once the pipeline is completed, however, he makes no mention of the trucking and shipping jobs that will be lost in the event of pipeline completion and implementation.

Dakota Access Pipeline Project is owned by....

Energy Transfer Equity Dallas,Tx own general partnership of other entities

Energy Transfer Partners, San Antonio owns pipeline.

Regency Energy Partners, Dallas TX

Sunoco, Pennsylvania

There are currently71,000 miles of pipeline between all the entities currently

WHAT IS THE DAKOTA ACCESS OIL PIPELINE

The 1,172 mile long oil pipeline, if implemented, will run crude oil from northwest North Dakota down through South Dakota, through Iowa and then into Illinois, where it will then connect to an existing natural gas line which will be converted to crude oil. The oil will then run to the Texas oil refineries near the Gulf of Mexico for refinement and inevitably be exported for oil profits.

DAKOTA PIPELINE AND "GATHERING POINTS"

There will be 346 miles of pipeline from 12" to 30" diameter. Johnsons corner is last gathering point which will run oil at a diagonal south-east to illinios. 346 miles in North Dakota and 267 in South Dakota, and then down through several states to the Gulf of Mexico.

There will be gathering facilities (pumping stations and tank farms) in North Dakota, one near Stanley, one near Tioga, one near Epping, one near Trenton, one near Watford City and one near Johnson's Corner.

There are binding commitments from shippers for 320,000 barrels per day of crude oil, all of which will be produced in North Dakota, currently being moved primarily by rail. This pipeline will give producers an alternative means of moving product. Builders claim that it will be more energy efficient and a safer way to transport crude oil long distances.  346 miles starting in Montrail County, through Williams, McKenzie, Dunn, Mercer, Morton and Emmens County.

Total cost of the project is 3.74 billion dollars. North Dakota would be just over a billion dollars, and approximately a billion in South Dakota. Construction jobs for building the pipeline and gathering stations would be between 8-12 thousand (North Dakota 2-4 thousand and South Dakota 2-4 thousand). Overall there will be only 40 full time jobs created, including just 10-15 in North Dakota and 10-15 in South Dakota. Have not finalized where operating offices will be as of yet.

Builders claim to have done a lot of routing work to avoid environmentally sensitive areas, known cultural artifact areas, federal lands, tribal lands. We have avoided the existing tribal boundary property.  2500 feet is the closest the pipeline actually comes to tribal boundary, but the expected oil leaks travel through sovereign territory.

THE SIOUX ARGUMENT AGAINST

READ THE OFFICIAL COMPLAINT against the Army Corp of Engineers following their approval and granting of permits to proceed with the pipeline. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/08/31/north.dakota.pdf

THE EFFECTS OF CONVERTING A GAS PIPELINE IN ILLINOIS TO AN OIL PIPELINE

States which will be adversely affected are being silent about Standing Rock. They too will be experiencing drastic environmental disasters as a result of the transfer. There is no way to avoid oil spills. Recent study on the XL Pipeline show that spills are regular and unable to be avoided. Therefore, we can consider the following states at risk of great environmental damage as well as health risks to their population.

Affected States

North Dakota

South Dakota

Iowa

Illinois

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Texas