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pipeline protests?

syadasti

i heart mac
Apr 15, 2002
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It's not possible to have a city, temporary or not, without trash. Show me a city that doesn't produce trash. And they had no state or federal support and still took full responsibility:

Standing Rock's environmental protection agency organized the camp cleanup with the help of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corp. from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation, which has arranged for heavy equipment including front-end loaders, dump trucks and skid-steer loaders.

"We'll be here eight to 10 hours a day all week. Then we'll reassess the situation," returning next week if necessary, said Nick Tilsen, Thunder Valley's executive director.

People who still have not left the camp are helping, bringing the total on the job to about 100, said Tilsen, who is among the workers. Cost of the cleanup isn't yet known, but the tribe will use money from the $6 million in donations it has received to support its pipeline fight, Archambault said.

The tribe hasn't asked for help from the state or Morton County.