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Re:Dakota Access Pipeline to win US Army permit for completion by spraak on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @12:11PM (#13599943)
Water pollution from leaks, as pointed out elsewhere in the comments here, is more than symbolism
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Re:Dakota Access Pipeline to win US Army permit for completion by criddell on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:01PM (#13600444)
Sure, but if you look at it purely from the numbers, the situation in ND isn't terribly alarming.

Look at this map:

https://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publica...

Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana must have no drinking water by now, right?

The protest has garnered the support that it has mostly because it's a Native American community (and I for one do support them - they've been screwed over too many times in the past).

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