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  • Etats-Unis: la bataille des Sioux du Dakota du Nord contre un oléoduc

    Une tribu indienne s’oppose à la construction d’un oléoduc sur ses terres dans le Dakota du Nord. Les Sioux de Standing Rock ont déposé un recours en justice, mais à l’approche de la décision qui doit intervenir jeudi 8 septembre, les manifestations quotidiennes sur le site des travaux deviennent de plus en plus violentes. Plusieurs personnes ont déjà été blessées.

    Avec notre correspondante à Washington, Anne-Marie Capomaccio

    L’oléoduc construit par la compagnie Energy Transfer doit acheminer du pétrole brut entre le Dakota du Nord et l’Illinois, traversant ainsi quatre Etats américains sur près de 2 000 kilomètres.

    Le projet est en cours, alors que les tribus sioux se battent contre son tracé. Les Indiens estiment que le chantier traverse des terres sacrées, saccageant des sépultures, et polluant les cours d’eau. Une décision de justice doit être rendue demain.

    « Nous ne sommes pas opposés à l’indépendance énergétique, nous ne sommes pas contre le développement économique. Notre problème est que les compagnies veulent tirer avantage de nos terres. Ce que nous vivons là se répète à l’infini », explique David Archambault, représentant des Sioux de Standing Rock.


    Un campement de protestation

    Les Sioux de Standing Rock ont été rejoints par des activistes venus de tous les Etats-Unis, et par d’autres tribus. Quelques centaines de personnes ont établi un campement de protestation dans le Dakota du Nord.

    Mais si David Archambault explique sur son site internet que les intentions des manifestants sont pacifiques, la situation dégénère de jour en jour. Hier, la société de sécurité qui surveille le chantier a tenté de repousser les protestataires en lâchant des chiens. Six manifestants ont été mordus, un garde a été blessé.

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  • #2
    The Largest Native American Protest In HISTORY Is Happening Right Now And YOU Need To Know About It!

    By Raven September 3, 2016 NEWS

    Right now the largest Native American PROTECT (not PROTEST) in history is happening in the Dakota’s. What’s going on? Well, the US Government is taking control of Native American lands and forcing them to allow oil developers to drill on their land and move oil via pipelines. From watching what happened with the Tar Sands of Canada, we can get a good glimpse at what the land will look like after they’re done with it.
    The Tar Sands, Before and After

    Running through a similar pathway as that of the well known failed Keystone XL project, the Bakken Pipeline would run across the Ogallala aquifer and the Mississippi rivers through sovereign Native lands.
    This is their proposed pipeline plans, to take natural resources from the US and sell them to Asian and European markets:

    Alejandro Dávila Fragoso with Think Progress reports:
    A federal court said on Wednesday it will rule next month whether to temporarily halt construction of a controversial oil pipeline that has prompted large protests in North Dakota.
    After more than an hour-long hearing, Judge James E. Boasberg said he’ll decide as early as Sept. 9 on the injunction request the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed against the so-called Bakken pipeline, a massive fracked oil line that would cut through four Midwestern states and hundreds of waterways.
    “We are pleased that we had our day in court today, and we look forward to a ruling soon,” said Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archaumbault II. “I believe that everyone who attended the hearing today will understand that the tribe is seeking fundamental justice here.”
    Native Americans say the pipeline threatens sacred sites and drinking water resources, and that no meaningful consultation took place. The Army Corps of Engineers disagrees. During the court hearing, the agency said the tribe declined to be part of the process. The tribe in turn said they didn’t want to legitimize a flawed process. The company building the pipeline, DakotaAccess, says the project is safe and will benefit the region and boost energy independence. They have, however, agreed to stop construction in that area of North Dakota until the court rules on the injunction.
    The hearing in D.C. comes about a month after the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sued the Corps over the permits the Corps gave to the developer, DakotaAccess, to build on an area roughly half-mile north of the reservation, and through the Missouri River — as well as other federal waterways.
    Dating back to 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil disaster springs to mind when we mention the last 30 years of history regarding production and distribution of oil. This creates doubt in many regarding the future investments in antiquated resources as they feel there is no monetary value in further pursuing this path. Europe and Asia are ever striving for a reduced carbon footprint and greener energy sources, whereas America is more interested in nostalgic energy sources.
    [IMG]https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/800/1*dDB4oM5xKyK6v53Z3thV8A.jpeg[/IMG]
    Actresses Shailene Woodley, fourth from right, and Susan Sarandon, second from right, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member Bobbi Jean Three Lakes, right, participate in a rally outside the US District Court in Washington. CREDIT: AP/MANUEL BALCE CENETA
    Mr Fragoso continues with:
    The Bakken pipeline is roughly 48 percent complete, officials said during the court hearing, and the line is scheduled to start delivering oil in January. Construction is ongoing almost everywhere else, though a small group of Iowa landowners managed to get a construction reprieve from state regulators Wednesday.
    As the court hearing went on indoors in D.C., outside scores of mostly NativeAmericans from as far away as Arizona gathered in a packed rally that continued even after the hearing was over. Actresses Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley were part of the protest. Woodley, who has been protesting in North Dakota, is one of many celebrities that have over the past few months called along Native Americans for a halt to construction and a repeal of pipeline permits.
    Comparable in size to the more-famous (but rejected) Keystone XL, the Bakken pipeline is slated to be the largest oil line coming out of North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields, among the nation’s most active due to the fracking boom. The line would move up to 570,000 barrels of sweet crude oil daily through the Dakotas, Iowa, and Illinois.
    The nearly $3.8 billion pipeline is slated to cross multiple watersheds in its more than 1,150 mile course. Aside from the alleged threat to sacred sites,critics say the pipeline brings the threat of spill damage to thousands of miles of fertile farmland, forests, and rivers. Federal agencies have said the Bakken Pipeline avoids “critical habitat.”
    Most of the affected land is farmland, but the project does run through wildlife areas and major waterways like the Mississippi, and the Missouri, the longest river in North America.
    Would you instill your trust in America’s track records relating to oil disasters? Could we even remotely lay our trust in the very government and private industry when it comes to running major rivers and watersheds? Just imagine the possibilities of water contamination in areas spread over Texas to North Dakota!

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    • #3
      Stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline which endangers the water supply to Native American reservations.

      Created by C.S. on August 15, 2016

      Sign This Petition

      Needs 0 signatures by September 14, 2016 to get a response from the White House

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      The Dakota Access pipeline is set to be constructed near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, crossing under the Missouri River which is the only source of water to the reservation. The pipeline is planned to transport approximately 470,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The potential of oil leaks would contaminate the only source of water for the reservation. While Dakota Access claims oil leaks are unlikely, an oil leak from a separate pipeline in North Dakota was discovered (8/15/16) to have leaked over 500 barrels of oil since the leak began on July 19, 2016. You can read the article here: http://bit.ly/2aVm5cv. A leak like this from the Dakota Access pipeline would leave the Standing Rock Sioux without any clean water.

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