Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now- MAIN- Blog
In a column published in Red State, Seton Motley characterizes the troubling comments President Obama made on the future of the Dakota Access Pipeline as part of a larger pall of uncertainty often cast by this administration on private sector investments. For that reason, he contends, America’s economy has yet to fully recover from the…
The MAIN Coalition has shared previously that for nearly three months now, the protest activity has ranged from violent interactions with law enforcement to millions of dollars’ worth of destruction of property and equipment. This is, of course, contrary to what the “peaceful” protesters in Cannon Ball would like you to believe, and what some…
A recent editorial published by the Grand Forks Herald exposes the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s tactics used to spread falsities about law enforcement and strengthen unity for their cause. More recently, it’s clear that some protesters still want a villain to rally against. Some of their actions even seem designed to bring back the spectre…
The National Sheriffs’ Association sharply criticized President Obama’s comments on the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying that his decision to let “things play out” puts lives at risk. In a statement, NSA Executive Director and CEO Jonathan Thompson said the following: Law enforcement is in the middle of a powder keg in Morton County, N.D., and…
New York Post reporter Phelim McAleer recently visited the site of anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protests expecting to find what is often reported in the media, a peaceful non-violent prayerful protest against an energy infrastructure project. What he found was quite different. In his own words, “A young man claiming to be “security” came up and…
Following the release of an opposition-generated report signed by anti-pipeline activist Richard Kuprewicz, the spokesman for the MAIN Coalition, Craig Stevens, released the following statement: “That an activist-funded, back-of-the-envelope commentary is even mentioned in the same breath as a 160 page scientific and technical analysis of more than 1,600 pages of charts, graphs, independent research and study, public…
North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairwoman Julie Fedorchak recently confirmed that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to participate in the state’s 13-month review of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Speaking with NPR’s Morning Edition, Fedorchak noted that tribal representatives never attended any of the PSC’s public hearings despite personal outreach urging them to weigh…
In a recent editorial, Inforum called for the lawlessness of the ongoing protests near Cannon Ball, North Dakota to be curtailed no matter the underlying issues between Native Americans and Americans of European-descent. The realities on the ground are that despite the claims of Natives that protests are peaceful they are in fact far from…
In a ShopFloor column, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) calls President Obama’s remarks on a possible re-route of the Dakota Access Pipeline “deeply troubling,” and an “unprecedented step not just for this pipeline project but for all future American infrastructure projects.” The NAM rightly points out that if this is a precedent being set…
Following recent comments by the President to online news outlet, NowThis, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce slammed President Obama’s disregard for the legal process that approved and permitted construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In their release, the Chamber stated, “The point of the rule of law is to protect rights by having a known,…
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