The recent election of President Donald Trump has been a source of hope, confusion, and of anger for many people. This variety of emotional reactions is completely understandable, considering what we have experienced over the past few weeks and months.
We have heard numerous media sources lambasting the President-Elect even before he took office. These attacks from mainstream media have been a source of stress in and of themselves. On top of these, we have seen the Soros-funding Women's March on Washington gain momentum over the weekend of the January 21, 2017. This march seemed productive on many counts. Yet in some ways, the powers behind it seemed exceptionally questionable. Now it seems we have a new ingredient to add to the frying pan.
Dakota Access Pipeline - The Standoff between Corporate Kleptocracy and the Enduring Spirit of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Since its commission, the Dakota Access Pipeline has been opposed from every corner of the United States and beyond, and rightfully so. This project represents the epitome of violation of human rights in the U.S., and seems to have little if any economic benefit to the general public or to the project's investors. Considering the President's choice to continue the pipeline project, one may wonder (if they haven't already), "Just what is this guy thinking?"
We cannot say for sure what the thinking of President Trump is on this move to endanger America's waterways, but we can learn a valuable lesson. That is: It is fine to support an authority figure given we do not do so unconditionally. What is most important is that we hold our own power and our own ideals for the way society should run. If those ideals are for the greatest good for all people, they will be long-lasting given there are enough good people within society with the courage to maintain them. If the prosperity of society is endangered, then steps must be taken to correct the error so that the people can remain safe, healthy and free.
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I personally do not support President Trump himself. However, I do look forward to any good that may come from his presidency. This move to continue the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a decision I respect or support. Nor do I believe it is one that we would sit back and allow to let slide. The lives, health and safety of millions of people are still at stake, and whether it is the oppressive hand of the Cabal or the poor choices of their apparent opposition, authorities must be held accountable for the decisions they make.
It is important, I believe, that each of us remain centered and respectful, but that we do not allow irresponsible decisions to be made at any point. It is good to hope in a positive future. However, to ensure that this positive future manifests in full, we must refrain from depending upon any outside savior to solve our problems for us. Whether we support or oppose Donald Trump, we can all agree on the fact that humanity must be protected, and to do this we must be aware, informed, and active toward the greatest good for all people.
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Source: Slate
Published: January 24, 2017
By: Osita Nwanevu
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders that will allow the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects to move forward, as he assured voters he would do on the campaign trail. Both of these projects were halted by the Obama administration and have been widely criticized by activists. As Reuters reports:
[A] restart of the projects would mark a defeat for Native American tribes affected by the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Protesters had rallied for months against plans to route the $3.8 billion pipeline beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, saying it threatened water resources and sacred Native American sites.
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Environmental activists broadly opposed the Keystone XL pipeline and campaigned against it for more than seven years.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in January said it would begin an environmental assessment that could delay the Dakota project further. It was not clear if Trump’s order supersedes that move.
In November 2015, Trump said he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline on the condition that the United States government would receive 25 percent of the profits. He reiterated this proposal in May. Tuesday's executive order, which invites Keystone developer TransCanada to re-submit its application for a construction permit from the State Department, includes no such stipulations.
The Keystone XL project, which will take 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to the Gulf Coast, was the subject of a largely symbolic battle waged by climate activists opposed to the continued development of fossil fuel infrastructure. It was torpedoed by President Obama in 2015, a month before the Paris Climate Summit. “America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change,” he said upon rejecting a permit for the pipeline's construction. “And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership.”
BREAKING - Water Protectors Claim Major Victory Over Army Corp of Engineers at Standing Rock - Links and Commentary
Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will carry 470,000 barrels per day across the Dakotas into Iowa and Illinois was halted after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the pipeline, permission to tunnel under a portion of land north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation without further environmental impact assessments. Construction of the pipeline was close to completion before protests against it halted progress.
Trump used to be invested in Energy Transfer Partners, the company developing the Dakota Access pipeline, but he sold his $50,000 stake last summer. Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren donated $100,000 to the Trump Victory Fund, a joint fundraising effort by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and state Republican parties.
Despite Trump's framing of the pipelines as job creators, the economic benefits of both are minimal. In signing the order approving Keystone XL, Trump said the pipeline would create 28,000 jobs. In fact, a 2014 State Department report found that the pipeline would create 35 permanent jobs post-building, with a mix of 42,100 temporary and non-construction jobs created over the course of the pipeline’s construction. As Jonathan Thompson wrote in November, the economic impact of the Dakota Access Pipeline will be similar:
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Construction on the pipeline is about 85 percent complete and it has, indeed, put people to work. Yet it is not clear how many new jobs have been created since the jobs are spread out over 1,000 miles. Rural towns along the pipeline’s corridor have reported a boost in hotel and campground occupancy rates as the contractors move through. That, in turn, generates sales and lodging tax revenues for the local governments. The boost, however, won’t last. In a few months, when (and if) construction is complete, the workers and their spending money will depart. The finished pipeline will require just 40 permanent maintenance and operational jobs along its entire stretch.
Read more at: Slate.com
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