I was told that the same fears fed by liberal fear mongers, was use in the effort to stop the Alyeska Pipeline but all the fears proved to be for naught and now Alaska natives are complainting about how small their PFD are this year, made possible by the very same pipeline they protested against back in the 1970s. I find this bit interesting. The same fear mongers are now using it to stop another pipeline crossing over just one river, that from what I read is not even on native land. So the only things that Indians in North Dakota are actually protesting is the expression of their fears, not the reality of facts. Alyeska Pipeline was built in the 1970s, will over 40 years ago. Surely the safety standards have risen greatly since then to keep the fears of the Indians at check.