FOCUS: Jessica Valenti | Phyllis Schlafly Won Some Battles, but She Lost the War Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK Valenti writes: "But despite Schlafly's predictions and beliefs, the world she left behind this week is one that largely embraces the issues she most feared. Feminism is more popular than ever, women are in the workforce en masse, LGBT rights are front and center and the country is mostly pro-choice." READ MORE
The Dakota Access Pipeline is being built on the lands of the Great Sioux Tribes. In response to protests, the police claimed that there were pipe bombs and arrested protesters for trespassing.
Citations:
1. Healy, Jack; "Occupying the Prairie: Tensions Rise as Tribes Move to Block a Pipeline;" (August 23rd, 2016); New York Times; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/...
3. Chow, Lorraine; "Leonardo DiCaprio Stands With Great Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline;" (May 10th, 2016); EcoWatch; http://www.ecowatch.com/leonardo-dica...
4. Tsosie, Rebecca; "Indigenous Peoples and the Ethics of Remediation: Redressing the Legacy of Radioactive Contamination for Native Peoples and Native Lands;" (April 2nd, 2015); Santa Clara;http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi...
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"PROPONENTS OF THE DAKOTA Access Pipeline, which will connect fracked crude oil from the Bakken fields in North Dakota to markets across the country — claim the controversial project will enhance energy independence. But at least a portion of the oil may well end up as exports to foreign markets, either as crude or as a refined product.
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has built public support and pressured regulators to approve the project by asserting that the oil will enhance energy independence, because it will be used exclusively by U.S. consumers.
The company claimed in a presentation in Iowa, a state that granted approval for the project this year, that the pipeline will feature “100% Domestic produced crude” that “supports 100% domestic consumption.”
The domestic energy claim, which has been touted by company brochures and a pro-pipeline website, has also been used to criticize hundreds of demonstrators in North Dakota who say the Dakota Access endangers drinking water and threatens sites that are sacred to a number of Native American nations and tribes."
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