Reuters reports that protesters in Atlanta and other U.S. cities on Tuesday shouted support for Native American activists trying to stop construction of a North Dakota pipeline they say will desecrate sacred land.
When fully connected to existing lines, the 1,100-mile pipeline would be the first to carry crude oil from the Bakken shale directly to the U.S. Gulf.
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, whose Dakota Access subsidiary is building the pipeline, said in a letter to employees it was committed to the project, but company officials said they would meet with government administrators.
"We are committed to completing construction and safely operating the Dakota Access Pipeline within the confines of the law," Kelcy Warren, Energy Transfer Partners' chairman and chief executive officer, said in the letter.
