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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:20 PM Aug 2016

Bernie Sanders releases statement opposing Dakota Access Pipeline

http://www.ksfy.com/content/news/Bernie-Sanders-releases-statement-opposing-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-391318252.html

BURLINGTON, V.T. (KSFY) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders released a statement Thursday supporting the efforts to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

“The major global crisis facing our planet today is climate change. The vast majority of scientists tell us that climate change is real, it is caused by humans and it is already causing devastating problems. They say that if we do not aggressively transition our energy system away from fossil fuels toward energy efficiency and sustainable energy, the planet we leave our children will be a much less habitable place.

“Like the Keystone XL pipeline, which I opposed since day one, the Dakota Access fracked oil pipeline, will transport some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet. Regardless of the court’s decision, the Dakota Access pipeline must be stopped. As a nation, our job is to break our addiction to fossil fuels, not increase our dependence on oil. I join with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the many tribal nations fighting this dangerous pipeline.”
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