Honor The Earth, an environmental rights group that opposed Enbridge's Sandpiper Pipeline in Minnesota, is now focusing efforts on the Dakota Access Pipeline and looking for potential legal challenges to file, said Tara Houska, national campaigns director.
Houska said there could be more complaints filed in addition to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's federal court case to make sure "that we are defending against the project in every way that we possibly can."
"This is a very serious issue and it's one that can be challenged in a number of different ways," said Houska, one of several attorneys at the camp Thursday.
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The size of the camp appeared similar in size to Wednesday, with estimates of 1,500 to 2,000 people. Organizers said they expect numbers to grow this weekend, and calls went out for more blankets, warmer tents and additional firewood.
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A group of 31 environmental, tribal and landowners' rights organizations sent a letter to President Obama Thursday asking him to repeal some of the permits issued for Dakota Access by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The group asked that the pipeline be fully evaluated and held to the same standard as the Keystone XL Pipeline.
