#petrocultures
I just went to the North Dakota Petroleum Council website to do some quick research and my takeaways are:
1) It looks a LOT like a church website. Font, layout, colour scheme of images… looks like some evangelical mega church’s home page.
2) There are editorials proclaiming the inevitability of oil flowing “to the markets,” claiming that academics are too PC-cautious and also all the “grant money” is in studies that are shaped to support whatever “the Indians” claim.
3) Underneath that is a write-up that says the protesters have lost credibility for their “violence and intimidation” tactics.
4) These editorials are near the top of a sidebar of news/new posts; further down is a little blurb proudly proclaiming that Trump delivered the keynote speaker at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference back in May. (The Williston Basin extends from Saskatchewan to South Dakota and includes the DAPL.) Much like church websites, this one is clearly not updates frequently.
The security company that laid assault to the Standing Rock frontlines.
[Image description: screenshot of an Internet comment by Patricia Blanchard saying “New info: the ‘security’ company is identified: 10-Code LLC, is a North Dakota Petroleum Council member.”
The comment goes on to quote the following from this article (dated Aug. 10. 2016) posted on the Unicorn Riot news website:
“Unicorn Riot has learned that the Bismarck, ND based security company “10-Code LLC” has been retained by Energy Transfer to provide the physical means to attempt forcing through this construction project; local community members believe DAPL jeopardizes their future survival by increasing risk of catastrophic environmental damage to the Missouri River basin.
10-Code LLC is registered with the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board. Its info:
Kilde, Steven
PI# 547
Agency# 830
10-Code, LLC
539 Airport Road
Bismarck, ND 58504″]
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