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Tribal leaders, activists in South Dakota 'welcome' report Biden to pull Keystone XL pipeline

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ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTPIERRE S.D. — Activists on the ground in western South Dakota opposed to thereacted with excitement, relief, and some reticence to news that incoming President Joe Biden would terminate the legal authority enabling the build of a pipeline., Indigenous Justice Organizer with the South Dakota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has participated innear the man-camp outside Philip where work on the pipeline has commenced. She called the KXL announcement "welcome news" in a phone call on Monday, Jan. 18 with Forum News Service."Construction of the pipeline and or a spill from the project would cause irreparable and devastating impact to local communities and ecosystems," Brings Plenty said.Tashina Smith, co-founder of, spoke from Rapid City, hours before a "Stand Your Group Music Fest" that she said was part of an advocacy campaign to hold the incoming Biden administration accountable for environmental promises made on the campaign trail."We heard the great news yesterday. And while that's awesome that (Biden) will do this on his first day, we want to ask, 'What about the other projects?'" Smith said, referring to a natural gas pipeline construction across northern Minnesota that has been opposed to tribal groups.ADVERTISEMENTSouth Dakota rancher and chairperson ofdoes not support President-elect Biden, adding he voted for President Donald Trump and would've cast a vote for "Bugs Bunny and Goofy, if they were on the ticket."But he does support canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, which is reported to be among Biden's first tasks when he takes the Oval Office on Wednesday. He said he "wouldn't count his chickens till he (Biden) signs the papers.""There's been so many ups and downs, and there's a lot of people who've been involved in this fight from the start that have passed on," Harter told the Forum News Service on Monday from his ranch in Tripp County. "I imagine they're looking down on what's going on right now and they're smiling."On Sunday evening, thethat sources close to Biden — whoto rescind the $9 billion pipeline extension that crosses western South Dakota — said the president-elect would "cancel" a permit that President Trump issued four years earlier to expedite the stalled process.Other parties in western South Dakota have engaged in the decade-long battle to thwart the pipeline, either out of fear the infrastructure could damage local water supply or in opposition to the use of eminent domain to gain easement on private land."It is our hope that cancelling this permit will be the last we hear of this," said Rosebud Sioux Tribe President, in an emailed statement. "The US Department of State never adequately consulted with the tribes whose lands the pipeline would've crossed."Over 100 miles of the pipeline — meant to connect Canadian oil across Montana and South Dakota to Steele City, Neb. — has already.A spokesperson for, the Calgary-based power company building the pipeline, did not respond to a request for comment. Butfrom the company touted the project's "net-zero" emissions and union-backed workforce.ADVERTISEMENTThe pipeline for a decade has been a political football. In 2015, then-President Barack Obamaan application by TC Energy to cross into the United States citing environmental concerns.//Ambulances transported 10 people to South Dakota hospitals after rafters on a building under construction at a dairy collapsed on Monday, Sept. 12.Follow this Fargo-Moorhead news and weather podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.A select rundown of stories found on InForum.The South Dakota Highway Patrol said it's currently unclear which of the four occupants was driving at the time of the crash.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTPIERRE S.D. — Activists on the ground in western South Dakota opposed to thereacted with excitement, relief, and some reticence to news that incoming President Joe Biden would terminate the legal authority enabling the build of a pipeline., Indigenous Justice Organizer with the South Dakota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has participated innear the man-camp outside Philip where work on the pipeline has commenced. She called the KXL announcement "welcome news" in a phone call on Monday, Jan. 18 with Forum News Service."Construction of the pipeline...

Tribal leaders, activists in South Dakota 'welcome' report Biden to pull Keystone XL pipeline

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