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The proposed 1,168-mile Dakota Access Pipeline already has approval from four states and a majority of private landowners in its path. Supporters say it will bring hundreds of jobs and will boost the economy. But tribes and others oppose the plan. They’re worried about the possibility of a catastrophic leak endangering precious water resources. Where’s the line between job-creation and environmental protection? Why do you support or oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline?
Guests:
Doug Crow Ghost (Hunkpapa Lakota (Standing Rock Sioux)) – director Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Department of Water Resources
Ladonna Allard (Standing Rock Sioux) – section 106 coordinator for the Standing Rock Sioux tribal historic preservation office and landowner of the Sacred Stone Camp
Lisa DeVille (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) – vice president of the Fort Berthold P.O.W.E.R. (Protector of Water & Earth Rights) and a board member of the Dakota Resource Council, Western Organization Resource Council and the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Break Music: All My Relations (song) Spirit Nation (artist) Winter Moons (album)
Jobs are their creation are extremely short-term.; our earth is not.