That Thing the Standing Rock Protesters Were Afraid of Just Happened

I don't believe it can be shared too often that there is a profound need for our species to evolve into living by new values and stories which value rather than destroy life. We can get into recovery from our addiction to fossil fuels. We can create a whole new way of being in the world rooted in justice and joy, imagination and creativity, courage and kindness, compassion and love. First we need to awaken to the reality that we are living in toxic late stage capitalism. It is time to make new choices, to "demand the impossible" as Bill Ayers latest book declares. Because the lie is that it's not possible. I say YES it is! Another world is possible! And it is up to us to wake up and demand it! This is exactly what's happening at Standing Rock and why it is so powerful and why we must support the Protectors with everything we have. We are all connected, all related, all in this together.

Peace & blessings ~ Molly

 176,000 gallons of oil spilling into a nearby creek.

A faulty pipeline has leaked 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a creek and the surrounding countryside 2.5 hours away from the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota. 

The spill, which went undetected by the pipeline owners until a local stumbled on it, has spread almost 7 km (5.4 miles) from the site of the leak, and at this stage, it’s not clear what caused the pipe to rupture, or how long it’s been leaking. 

According to CNN, an estimated 4,200 barrels of crude oil leaked from the Belle Fourche Pipeline in Billings County, 150 miles (241 km) from Cannon Ball in North Dakota, where protesters have been fighting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

For months, opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline have been expressing fears that it would affect local drinking water, because it was to be built under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation - the primary water source of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. 

Last week, the US Department of the Army announced that it would not approve the crossing of the pipeline under the Missouri River.

The massive nearby spill - which was discovered on the same day that the Dakota Access Pipeline construction permit was denied - might have just proved the protesters' point.  

As Derek Hawkins reports for The Washington Post, the Belle Fourche Pipeline Co., which owns the leaky pipeline in Billings Country, estimates that 130,200 gallons of oil spilled into the Little Missouri River last week, and another 46,200 gallons leaked onto a hillside.

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