{"id":1956,"date":"2017-12-14T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2017-12-14T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T13:41:04","slug":"kxl-economics-that-destroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/14\/kxl-economics-that-destroy\/","title":{"rendered":"KXL: Economics that destroy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truthout<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the plagued Keystone Pipeline spilled 200,000 gallons of oil near the Sisseton Dakota reservation, on November 20, the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a convoluted permit approval, allowing TransCanada to route the line through part of the state. In the meantime, the Dakota, Lakota and their allies stand strong.<\/p>\n<p>That same day hundreds gathered for the Gathering to Protect the Sacred &#8212; a reaffirmation of the international agreement among sovereign indigenous nations to protect the environment from tar-sands projects. The Treaty to Protect the Sacred, first signed in 2013, was signed again. &#8220;Nothing has changed at all in our defense of land, air and water of the Oceti Sakowin,&#8221; Faith Spotted Eagle told the crowd. &#8220;If anything, it has become more focused, stronger and more adamant after Standing Rock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The assembly &#8212; sponsored by the Braveheart Society of Women, Wiconi Un Tipi, Ihanktonwan Treaty Committee and Dakota Rural Action &#8212; brought together 200 water protectors. Oyate Win Brushbreaker, a 97-year-old elder reminded those present, &#8220;Reaffirm the boundaries of that treaty. Keep out that black snake you have been talking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/42875-black-snake-chronicles-wiindigoo-economics-and-the-return-of-keystone-xl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Truthout: As the plagued Keystone Pipeline spilled 200,000 gallons of oil near the Sisseton Dakota reservation, on November 20, the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a convoluted permit approval, allowing TransCanada to route the line through part of the state. In the meantime, the Dakota, Lakota and their allies stand strong. That same day &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/14\/kxl-economics-that-destroy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KXL: Economics that destroy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[13,12,10,17,8,11,16,15,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}