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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Pipeline Protest by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 3
Date: September 23, 2016
Article: Pipeline Protest
Author:  Time for Kids
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1. The name of the pipeline is Dakota Access Pipeline.
2. This pipeline will carry oil across 4 states.
3. This pipeline will carry a half-million barrels of oil daily.
4. The project will cost $3.8 billion.
5. The project is being conducted by the company, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP).
6. The Standing Rock Sioux, Native American Tribe, wants to stop the project from being built.
7. The tribe wants to stop the construction because it says it will disturb their sacred areas and burial sites.
8. The Standing Rock Sioux Nation says the pipeline may pollute the Missouri River.
9. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers controls the land that the pipeline is being built on.
10. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the Energy Transfer Partners permission to build the pipeline on the land.
11. The Federal Government ordered a stop to the project.
12. The Federal Government ordered changes to the approval process "with respect to considering tribes' views."

Reference:
http://www.energytransfer.com/
http://www.daplpipelinefacts.com/
http://standingrock.org/

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