Honor The Earth “Press Release” Lakota Ride | Wabanaki Press

16.10.13

Honor The Earth “Press Release” Lakota Ride | Wabanaki Press: The proposed KXL pipeline crosses Lakota territory, and there are no pipelines in this region, home of the Ogallala Aquifer, the primary source of water for most of the region. The ride began the same day as the 800,000 gallon plus pipeline spill from a Tesoro six inch line near Tioga, ND was revealed to press, and amidst a federal shutdown, in which it is not clear that PHMSA (pipeline safety inspectors) are available. The ride also follows a freak, climate change attributed, two foot blizzard which killed over l00,000 cattle in the largely rural , ranching state. Amidst the changing weather, and riding through fields still littered with the carcasses of dead cattle , overturned trees and flooded creeks, twenty-five riders and supporters continue north.