Dakota Access Pipeline Update with Danny Paul Nelson

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Jul 9, 2020 | All Talk, Politics, Science, Talk of the Bay | 0

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Dakota Access Pipeline Update with Danny Paul Nelson

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Danny Paul Nelson, Director of the Lakota People’s Law Project, updates us on a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux.

After years of protest and legal battles, a district court ruled on Monday to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, an oil route stretching from North Dakota to Illinois. The contentiously built pipeline must be completely drained of oil by August 5, in order to conduct further reviews of its environmental impact. The news also stands as a big victory for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes.

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Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.