On Dec. 5, 150 miles from where protesters in North Dakota stood their ground, keeping the Dakota Access pipeline from being built near the sacred land of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, a pipeline leaked 176,000 gallons of crude oil, reports CNN.
About 130,000 gallons of that spilled oil leaked into Ash Coulee Creek, located in Billings County, N.D., and cold weather is hindering the ability of workers to quickly clean it up.
The occurrence of this spill, as well as its close proximity to the land of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, supports the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s concerns that the Dakota Access pipeline would place the safety of their land, and the cleanliness of their water, in jeopardy.
On Dec. 4, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers refused to give easement to the Dakota Access pipeline, blocking its construction. Companies backing the project — Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners — have filed two actions in federal court, asking for permission to complete the pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux’s land.
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