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The White House’s inaction on the Dakota Access Pipeline is cowardly
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline, November 18, 2016. Photo by Terray Sylvester / VWPics via AP Images
Opinion
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During a meeting with Native American leaders earlier this year, Biden administration officials promised that they wanted to “get it right” with regards to the contested Dakota Access Pipeline. And during his first week in office, President Biden signed an executive order pledging to “respect Tribal sovereignty.” Then came the April 9 decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to allow oil to keep flowing through the illegally operating pipeline.