[Vision2020] Fwd: Stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline (sign the petition)

Sat Sep 3 19:57:40 PDT 2016

Yep to both...

Debi R-S

On 9/3/2016 5:58 PM, Ted Moffett wrote:
> Just in case someone on this little list might sign the petition, or 
> take even more meaningful action.
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> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>
> CREDO action
> *Tell President Obama: Stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline. #NoDAPL 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=1&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>*
>
> /The petition to President Obama reads:/
> *"The Dakota Access pipeline would fuel climate change, cause untold 
> damage to the environment, and significantly disturb sacred lands and 
> the way of life for Native Americans in the upper Midwest. Direct the 
> U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the permits under 'Nationwide 
> Permit 12' and stop the Dakota Access pipeline once and for all."*
>
> Add your name:
>
> Sign the petition ► 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=2&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>
>
> Dear Ted,
>
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=3&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>
>
> *It’s Keystone XL all over again: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has 
> granted approval for a dirty oil pipeline that would stretch over 
> 1,100 miles through the upper Midwest.*
>
> The Dakota Access pipeline would carry 450,000 barrels of dirty oil 
> per day from North Dakota to Illinois and cut through fragile wildlife 
> habitat, environmentally sensitive areas, and sovereign tribal 
> property. Worse, the pipeline would cross under the Missouri River, 
> threatening drinking water downstream if a catastrophic oil spill 
> occurs.^1
>
> Led by the Standing Rock Sioux, a massive wave of inspiring grassroots 
> opposition is building, with protests and civil disobedience 
> temporarily halting construction in recent days. But construction is 
> moving forward, and is scheduled to be completed soon. *President 
> Obama must intervene now and stop the construction of the Dakota 
> Access pipeline.*
>
> *Tell President Obama: Stop the Dakota Access pipeline. Click here to 
> sign the petition. 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=4&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>*
>
> The Army Corps of Engineers granted the Dakota Access pipeline’s 
> permits using a controversial fast-tracking process called “Nationwide 
> Permit 12” that allows the Corps to essentially rubber-stamp pipeline 
> projects on private property or Native American lands with little 
> environmental review and no meaningful public input.
>
> The Corps incorrectly applied this fast-track process in conflict with 
> numerous federal laws and agreements, including the “Clean Water Act 
> and the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Historic 
> Preservation Act and the Native American Graves Protection and 
> Repatriation Act, as well as federal trust responsibilities guaranteed 
> in the 1851 and 1868 United States treaties with the Lakota, Dakota 
> and Nakota tribes.”^2
>
> *Tell President Obama: Stop the Dakota Access pipeline. Click here to 
> sign the petition. 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=5&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>*
>
> The Standing Rock Sioux have been protesting for months in peaceful 
> prayer camps in North Dakota, and farmers and landowners in Iowa have 
> been fighting to stop the pipeline there for more than two years. Now, 
> thousands of people have joined in solidarity. In recent days, 
> activists in Iowa and North Dakota have been arrested for physically 
> blocking the pipeline’s construction, with more protests planned in 
> the coming weeks and months.^3 ^4
>
> *We must stand with the local leaders and communities who are holding 
> the line against this dirty and dangerous oil pipeline.*
>
> This fight is winnable. Hundreds of thousands of CREDO activists, 
> along with our allies across the country, applied massive public 
> pressure on the Obama administration and stopped the Keystone XL 
> pipeline. We can and must do it again.
>
> *Tell President Obama: Stop the Dakota Access pipeline. Click here the 
> link below to sign the petition:*
>
> *https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=7&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=6&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>*
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> Josh Nelson, Deputy Political Director
> CREDO Action from Working Assets 
> <http://act.credoaction.com/go/109?t=8&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>
>
> Add your name:
>
> Sign the petition ► 
> <https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL?t=9&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>
>
> References
>
>  1. Jack Healy, "Occupying the Prairie: Tensions Rise as Tribes Move
>     to Block a Pipeline
>     <http://act.credoaction.com/go/12439?t=10&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>,”
>     The New York Times, August 23, 2016.
>  2. Letter to President Obama regarding the Dakota Access pipeline
>     <https://act.credoaction.com/go/12440?t=11&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>,
>     August 25, 2016.
>  3. "Protesters arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline site
>     <http://act.credoaction.com/go/12441?t=12&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>,”
>     Valley News Live, August 31, 2016.
>  4. William Petroski, "30 arrested in bid to disrupt Iowa pipeline
>     project
>     <http://act.credoaction.com/go/12442?t=13&akid=19534.4637676.fx3dIS>,”
>     The Des Moines Register, September 1, 2016.
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