"Native Americans Mount Protest Against N. Dakota Oil Pipeline"

"Construction halted after more than 1,000 people swarm to protest the Dakota Access pipeline they believe threatens the Missouri River."

"A groundswell of Native American activists has temporarily shut down construction on a major new oil pipeline with an ongoing protest that has drawn approximately 1,200 people to Cannon Ball, N.D.

Construction workers walked away from their bulldozers Monday after protesters surrounded the equipment and called for an end to construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. A group of protesters on horseback also staged a mock charge toward a line of law enforcement officials guarding the site, and the county sheriff alleged others have fired guns and set off pipe bombs.

The $3.8 billion pipeline at the heart of the protest would carry about half a million barrels of crude oil per day from the Bakken oil field to Illinois where it would link with other pipelines to transport the oil to Gulf Coast refineries and terminals."

Phil McKenna reports for InsideClimate News August 19, 2016.
 

Source: InsideClimate News, 08/19/2016