US Army Corps of Engineers gives approval for DAPL

Photo by Anne Helen Petersen from Buzzfeed, posted September 9, 2016.

On February 7, after months of protests and public push-back, the US Army Corps of Engineers cut short the public comment period it had originally promised, cancelled envornmental impact studies, and granted approval for the pipeline to be buried under the Missouri River. It claims it took this action after receiving a directive from the President to expedite the approval process. A leak would endanger the water used by the Lakota people for drinking, bathing, and agriculture.

Photo by Andrew Cullen of Reuters, found on Buzzfeed.

One of the slogans used by the water protectors at Standing Rock is that "Water is Life."

Scripture bears this out. In the beginning of time, the Spirit of Breath of God moved over the waters, and life was created (Gen. 1:1-2) and the voice of God booms over the waters in Psalm 29:3. Water is mentioned 13 times in the first two accounts of creation in Genesis. Psalm 65:9 reminds God:

You visit the earth and water it,
   you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
   you provide the people with grain,
   for so you have prepared it.


Links for more information:
-Link to the article from NPR is here.
-Website to support the protesters is here.
-Article from Buzzfeed is here.
-Propaganda from supporters of the DAPL claiming that a pipeline is the "safest and most environmentally friendly way to transport crude from domestic wells to American consumers" may be found here.