Thursday, January 26, 2017

Common Misconceptions - Dakota Access Pipeline Facts

Common Misconceptions - Dakota Access Pipeline Facts

Addressing Misconceptions About The Dakota Access Pipeline

Map of the Dakota Access Pipeline on private land
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here are a number of misconceptions and myths about the Dakota Access Pipeline Project. Unfortunately, a number of media outlets, bloggers, opinion writers, and social media accounts have spread a number of similar misconceptions. Here are the facts.
  • The Dakota Access is one of the most technologically advanced and safest pipelines ever built. It is entirely underground and surpasses federal safety requirements.
  • The pipeline does not encroach or cross any land owned by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
  • The Dakota Access Pipeline is entirely underground and will cross under Lake Oahe at a minimum depth of 95 feet below the riverbed.
  • The Dakota Access Pipeline does not endanger water; the Standing Rock Sioux water inlet by early 2017 will be moved to a location more than 70 miles away from the pipeline.
  • The majority of protesters are not there to protect water, as they claim, but are actually extremists opposed to any and all use of fossil fuels.
Notably, by contrast, rail cars transporting crude oil from wells owned by Native American Tribes currently cross the Standing Rock Sioux reservation without objection.
Lake Oahe, the final portion of the pipeline’s path to be constructed is also home to eight pipelines.
Many of the protesters on-site are not Standing Rock Sioux, but outsiders with a different more extremist agenda that is simply opposed to the use of all fossil fuels. They have provoked multiple dangerous and criminal confrontations with law enforcement, and caused significant damage to property, which have led local agencies to ask for extra federal help.

Key Facts

  • The Dakota Access Pipeline does not enter or cross the Standing Rock reservation.
  • The entire Dakota Access Pipeline is buried underground.
  • The Dakota Access Pipeline is not a threat to the Tribe’s water supply or cultural sites.
  • Eight other pipelines cross Lake Oahe, including one that has safely operated for more than 30 years.
  • The site where the Dakota Access Pipeline crosses the Missouri River is 70 miles from the new water supply inlet for the Standing Rock Sioux.
  • The Dakota Access is one of the most technologically advanced and safest pipelines ever built. It is entirely underground and exceeds federal safety requirements.

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