SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX TRIBE CALLS KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE APPROVAL 'ACT OF WAR' (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, November 17, 2014, 13:10

Climate advocates and representatives from the Rosebud Sioux tribe protest against the Keystone XL pipeline in front of US Senator Mary Landrieu’s home in Washington. Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters

A Native American tribe in South Dakota has called a congressional vote to approve the Keystone XL pipeline an “act of war” and vowed to close the reservation’s borders if the US government tries to install a pipeline there.

The prospective route for the pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota. The House of Representatives voted 252-161 on Friday to approve the pipeline.

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