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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 May 10, 2026 +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 May 11, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +60
Regulatory capture at its finest.
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Morgan-Moonscar May 11, 2026 +8
Now he's pushing the federal/national parks to allow HUNTING in them.
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EbonBehelit May 11, 2026 +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 May 11, 2026 +1
It’s by design.
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Jumajuce May 10, 2026 +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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FoxKamp7785 May 11, 2026 +1
It's wild what you can accomplish with dark money  :D
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AudibleNod May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +13
‘Almost as if \[he’s\] wrong about everything.’ Sure. ***Almost***.
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-TheExtraMile- May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +19
HELL YEAH! Great job to the tribes!
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PM-Me_Your_Penis_Pls May 10, 2026 +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 May 11, 2026 -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 May 11, 2026
Was the treaty with them? No? Pound sand. I know he is, he's gross.
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Space_Poet May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +12
Great news. Need some wins like this up in Alaska.
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RebootJobs May 11, 2026 +5
Wow. Good for them for once!
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blankvoidoid May 11, 2026 +2
Good. Respect to the tribes.
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TylerHyena May 10, 2026 +3
Always nice to see the presumed little guy win something for once.
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Darkstar_111 May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 +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 May 11, 2026 +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 May 10, 2026 -11
We don’t need graphite anyway. The electric transition is a joke
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PSteak May 10, 2026 -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 May 10, 2026 -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 May 11, 2026 +1
Ever been to a place with good public transportation?
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