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Dakota Access CEO still committed to $3.8B pipeline near American Indian reservation

BISMARCK, N.D. — The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota.

Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren said in a memo to employees that the four-state, 1,172-mile (1886 km) project is nearly 60 percent complete and that “concerns about the pipeline’s impact on the local water supply are unfounded.” The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others argue the project will impact drinking water for thousands of tribal members and millions downstream.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dakota-access-ceo-committed-3-8b-pipeline-article-1.2790267

 

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