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News & Current Events May 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

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Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes
ABC News
Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes
A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups
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rieirieri 22 hr ago +559
Such a welcome reprieve from all the depressing headlines. Good on the tribes for fighting this. I’m so glad they won.
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Bocchi_theGlock 17 hr ago +49
Good on native youth for setting up a protest/prayer camp, which was used as launching pad for civil disobedience NVDA to shut down drilling equipment, Which also happened at Standing Rock in 2016 That is real direct action, directly shutting down the horrible thing. Not protest and arrests very far away solely in hopes news coverage will create enough pressure
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NewsCards 23 hr ago +513
> Nine tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service over the project alleging violations of the National Historical Preservation Act and National Environmental Protection Act for granting permits without an environmental review. The Forest Service is currently being led by a timber lobbyist (Tom Schultz), btw, if you're wondering why this shit keeps happening. At least the right people won this time around. But it should've never been an issue in the first place. Because our government agencies shouldn't be run by blatantly corrupt scumbags. Yet another example of the consequences for literally millions of Americans not being willing to vote against MAGA (MAGA wants this corruption, that's the only reason I'm not calling them out, they get off on it).
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dano8801 20 hr ago +60
Regulatory capture at its finest.
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Morgan-Moonscar 17 hr ago +8
Now he's pushing the federal/national parks to allow HUNTING in them.
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EbonBehelit 15 hr ago +7
>The Forest Service is currently being led by a timber lobbyist Man, MAGA really does seem to have a genuine talent for picking the *worst possible people* to put in charge of government departments.
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ErikaFoxelot 8 hr ago +1
It’s by design.
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Jumajuce 19 hr ago +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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FoxKamp7785 17 hr ago +1
It's wild what you can accomplish with dark money  :D
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AudibleNod 23 hr ago +111
>Nine tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service over the project alleging violations of the National Historical Preservation Act and National Environmental Protection Act for granting permits without an environmental review. It's kind of nice to see that even with the permissive "(s)r*** the land" approach the Trump administration is allowing, [not everyone sees it as a worthwhile investment.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/climate/cook-inlet-alaska-lease-sale-bids.html) It's almost as if Donald Trump is wrong about everything.
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thisisntmyotherone 20 hr ago +13
‘Almost as if \[he’s\] wrong about everything.’ Sure. ***Almost***.
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-TheExtraMile- 22 hr ago +47
Good for them! We need more of that. The predator class might need some more reigning in on many fronts .
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get__jinxxed 21 hr ago +19
HELL YEAH! Great job to the tribes!
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PM-Me_Your_Penis_Pls 21 hr ago +20
Good! If anything the Black Hills and half both the Dakotas should ALL be returned to the Oceti Sakowin.
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Kind_Silver_1921 15 hr ago -1
My family was actually there before they were. I should get the land Also Noam Chomsky is in the epstein files
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PM-Me_Your_Penis_Pls 15 hr ago
Was the treaty with them? No? Pound sand. I know he is, he's gross.
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Space_Poet 19 hr ago +11
Absolutely the most gorgeous area in that part of the country, an absolute gem that when you're in can almost feel a positive and ancient power residing there, in the hills and trees and prairies. Just another quarterly bonus to these mining companies and they *will* be back, eager to extract the life of the land, this time with a new plan so this little hiccup doesn't happen. Be ready.
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Lazy-Impress-9708 20 hr ago +12
Great news. Need some wins like this up in Alaska.
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RebootJobs 19 hr ago +5
Wow. Good for them for once!
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blankvoidoid 15 hr ago +2
Good. Respect to the tribes.
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TylerHyena 20 hr ago +3
Always nice to see the presumed little guy win something for once.
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Darkstar_111 20 hr ago +4
The word "cancelled" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The truth is it was postponed.
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Particular-Mark-5771 19 hr ago +22
The company cancelled the project May 7th. [https://apnews.com/article/black-hills-mining-drilling-tribes-native-american-bfae28435544f44b40d45a443f7bc4d7](https://apnews.com/article/black-hills-mining-drilling-tribes-native-american-bfae28435544f44b40d45a443f7bc4d7)
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Countblackula_6 19 hr ago +9
According to the article the company withdrew its plan of operations and doesn’t intend to file another plan. Sounds pretty canceled to me.
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Lumpy_Gazelle2129 19 hr ago +4
Glad to see a delay but yeah, simple enough for them to just do a NEPA assessment. Unfortunately NEPA is procedural; decision makers can still make whatever decision they want.
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ShineDigga 9 hr ago +1
The Black Hills should never have been treated like disposable land to begin with. Glad the tribes pushed back hard enough to stop it.
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WTXRedRaider 20 hr ago -11
We don’t need graphite anyway. The electric transition is a joke
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PSteak 20 hr ago -6
You say that but then the next time you to try to write with a pencil and nothing happens, you gonna cry about it and try to blame everyone else.
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Arctic_Scrap 19 hr ago -18
Everyone wants a battery powered car until it’s time to mine for battery components. Drilling for oil it is then.
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RipDiligent4361 11 hr ago +1
Ever been to a place with good public transportation?
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