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Mike__M

(1,052 posts) Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:11 PM Aug 2016

President speaks out against the Dakota pipeline

My President has spoken out, has yours?

How about your presidential candidate?

Constructive advice: join the correct side while there is still time.

Central Council Stands in Unity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s Executive Council unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. As stewards of the air, land, and sea, who have respect for nature and property, Central Council stands in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who have been peacefully protesting to protect their way of life, water, people and land.

“As we embark on our own battles over transboundary mining issues, we need to support our brothers and sisters across Indian Country so that we might be able to call on them to do the same for us in the spirit of the Idle No More movement,” said President Richard Peterson.

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Senator Bernie Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline Donkees Aug 2016 #1

Donkees

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1. Senator Bernie Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline

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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 05:04 PM

Aug 2016

Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline
Thursday, August 25, 2016

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from North Dakota to Illinois:

“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.”

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-opposes-dakota-access-pipeline

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