It Never Quits -- DAPL Update -- August 10, 2020

Link here.

A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) to detail options by the end of the month for resolving the loss of a permit that allows the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline to operate on U.S. land.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last month voided an easement that allowed a portion of the pipeline to cross federal property in South Dakota, citing violations of environmental requirements.

ACE is exploring four options, including some that would not require it to shut, said Ben Schifman, an attorney representing the Army Corps.

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President Trump's Executive Orders: August, 2020
Corona Virus Relief

 

Threaded the needle.

Four separate executive orders -- how the headlines report it

• $400 / week  unemployment check
• payroll tax holiday
• extend pause and interest waiver on student loans
• extend the eviction moratorium

The small print:

• $400 / week unemployment
• to get it, states need to "sign on" to it
• $300 from FEMA's slush fund; $100 from the state

• payroll tax holiday
  
• to the end of the year but then all those taxes are due in lump sum

• eviction moratorium: 
• executive order simply has his agencies look into what can be done; no specific measure(s) to stop evictions
• student loans:
• the pause extends three months; details unknown