BigInch,
I don't get the revisionist history you are posting. The facts are:
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[li]The line is not on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux land[/li]
[li]The various agencies held 389 public meetings on this line, failing to give input does not give the tribe a veto on a line that is not on their land[/li]
[li]The route was changed 140 times in response to public input[/li]
[li]There is no archaeology around the river crossing[/li]
[li]The river crossing takes place where another pipeline and a power line crosses the river (no new disturbance)[/li]
[li]The bore is designed to be 90 ft below the river[/li]
[li]The Standing Rock Sioux tribe does not have standing to stop the line since it isn't on their land, doesn't disturb their sacred sites, and has a much lower than normal risk of polluting the river[/li]
[li]The Federal courts ruled that the protest did not have standing for a number of reasons including that the actual land owner was fine and remains fine with the pipeline.[/li]
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In other words, both the camps and the administration actions are illegal, ill conceived, and simply staged for media attention.
[bold]David Simpson, PE[/bold]
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist