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Know this is violating their treaty rights. before they were not organized in the way that they are now. and so there s 50 conditions that transcanada was supposed to adhere for and the whole purpose of the permit was because they said american oil production was going down and our demand was going up. four years later that has actually reversed. so their project is literally falling apart around them. so what s the difference this time around? are we talking about hearings? are we talking about a long, drawn out processor will there be political powers that will rubber stamp this and get it through. senator thune is very much in favor of the pipeline. what about that? yeah, i mean there will be public hearings so the chair of the public utilities commission in south dakota is the only one left from the last time process and he is very open to landowners and tribes coming in. he wants to hear from them and made it very clear that transcanada s permit does expire because they were t ....
That president obama was on the standing rock indian reservation which stratles north and south dakota, the stranding rock sioux tribe has been vocal about their opposition. they ve sent a letter to president obama stating that if the pipeline were to be implemented, and routed as is they would take the united states to court over treaty violations. so it absolutely would impact our treaties and our children s future. jane, what s the political landscape look like in south dakota, rick weiland is the candidate going for that senate seat. how big an issue is this going to be? what s your sense of this? i don t think it is going to be a political issue to be quite honest. it hasn t risen to the level in south dakota because the politicians are going on the talking point that this is going to hip america be independent ....
Like the pipeline will get built any time soon. still ahead, the effects of the bp deepwater horizon spill are still being felt in the gulf. rapid response panel weighs in and more spills across the country. right wing talkers have conservatives all shaken up. the noise behind boehner s threat to sue the president. trenders is next. ....
Territories that is bringing harm to us, we are able to turn him over to the indian commissioner here and tell him we don t want them here. they need to honor our treaties and keep the bad men and bad evilness of the tar sands pipeline from coming through our lands. we re suffering from environmental genocide and we have no choice, we are dying. we are willing to die on behalf of our children. our way of life and the water. our people are so passionate and ready to die. our people have come up andside we want to be on front line and willinging to give our life to stop this because they know what it s going to do to the people. isn t that dangerous talk? it is dangerous talk? you just said your people are willing to die for this. that s the sad part. i would love to see as we protest, it s not our people are willing to die to make sure it ....
At a committee hearing. so we play it. we re not picking on senator landrieu, it is not the cleanest oil, simply is not. one of the biggest environmental concerns about the proposed route t. will cross over the aqua fehr, which is one third of the water supply to the middle of the country when it comes to agriculture. obviously grass root groups have taken hold and have grown and numbers in sport, we have seen public protest and legal battles and have seen delays that have plagued this project. native american tribes in south dakota have taken a strong position against the pipeline, tribal leaders claim they have not been consulted on the construction of the pipeline that goes over their land. transcanada in their opinion infringed on the tribal land and water rights and didn t properly survey the route to protect cultural resources, which of course has native americans very upset. native americans from the rose ....