The protestors in North Dakota, who were asked to leave by the Standing Rock Sioux officially in December have created an environmental catastrophe in the middle of a flood plain with their trash.
snipOfficials fear the camp near the Cannonball River will soon flood due to warm weather and rapid snowmelt. They worry trash and debris left behind by people who have left in recent weeks might pollute the Missouri River and other nearby waterways.
“With the amount of people that have been out there and the amount of estimated waste and trash out there, there is a good chance it will end up in the river if it is not cleaned up,” Corps spokesman Capt. Ryan Hignight said.
Local and federal officials estimate there’s enough trash and debris in the camp to fill about 2,500 pickup trucks. Garbage ranges from trash to building debris to human waste, according to Morton County Emergency Manager Tom Doering.
snipThe tribe has asked protesters to leave the area, and has been coordinating cleanup at the camp since late last month. Chairman Dave Archambault said at the time it was being funded from $6 million in donations the tribe received to support its pipeline fight.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...t-at-pipeline/The effort will be funded through the Corps budget, meaning taxpayers ultimately will foot the bill.
To me this just is yet one more example of the complete hypocrisy seen by libs and environmentalists. They caused more ecological damage than the working pipeline that is just a few hundred feet away from the one they are protesting.
How many celebrities did we see go down there? How many are paying to clean up their mess?
Hypocrites every last one...