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President Biden is signing an Executive Order today that will put an end to the Keystone XL pipeline.
I’m sharing a few of the pieces I wrote re #NoKXL that shows how long my people have been fighting it. Water the Life giver was published by Indian Country Today in 2011.
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The RosebudSioux hosted a Spirit Camp to unite people in prayer for protection from KeystoneXL #supplythefront #NoKXL pic.twitter.com/YXNMyXjZxo
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) April 15, 2014
Chief Arvol Looking Horse speaking at the #NoKXL treaty signing. Pic via Jordan Marie Daniel. pic.twitter.com/HlkJqOw0vY
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) November 21, 2017
When Lakota grandma Marie Brushbreaker stood in front of semis to stop Transcanada from crossing tribal land #NoKXL pic.twitter.com/kKVsKd9M8l
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) August 25, 2017
Today at the 5th Annual planting of Ponca sacred corn, Art and Helen Tanderup, who hold title to land directly in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline, transferred ownership of that land back to the Ponca nation. Pics via Joye Braun. #NOKXL #Solidarity pic.twitter.com/lfSICPUr2n
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) June 11, 2018
The prayer walk on the Fort Peck reservation continued into the night yesterday and it's still going. #NoKXL pic.twitter.com/unqbJtLzkl
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) March 25, 2017
Gay Kingman and Faith Spotted Eagle in Pierre, S.D. this morning waiting to testify against the S.D. Governor\u2019s proposed anti-protest bills. #NoKXL pic.twitter.com/kyQEX6RZk2
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) March 6, 2019
Today at a public hearing about the granting of water permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline in South Dakota, Lakota youth from Cheyenne River stood in protest. #NoKXL pic.twitter.com/c99ju5fndM
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) January 21, 2020
PRESS: Statement from @janekleeb @BoldNebraska on @JoeBiden pledge to rescind permit for @TCEnergy #KeystoneXL pipeline. #nokxl #neleg #waterislife #actonclimate pic.twitter.com/iDh7zqhAdw
— Bold Nebraska (@BoldNebraska) May 18, 2020
More from Biden
In the campaign, Biden said he would not approve new fracking permits on federal lands. But he would allow existing fracking to continue on federal property and existing and new fracking to continue on private land. .... https://t.co/EDVj7RQdFs
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 26, 2021
The economy is bleeding, and the Biden administration's response is to cripple one of the few industries that has been consistently employing people throughout this crisis.
But, his allies in the media don't want him to take that PR hit, so they run cover and play word games. Biden's exact words were "We are not going to ban fracking. Period." The "Period." there would imply that ANY ban is off the table.
If you are going to prohibit via executive order - which is nothing more than a law passed outside of the normal legislative process - anything, you are "legally" prohibiting it. There are legal consequences to violating that regulation.
So yes, definitionally, Biden has "legally prohibited" fracking in some way, shape, or form, which is the opposite of his campaign statements.
In other words, he lied.