[Vision2020] 9-6-16 "Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Attacks Native Americans with Dogs" Was: Re: Stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline (sign the petition)

Tue Sep 6 17:27:55 PDT 2016

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http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/full_exclusive_report_dakota_access_pipeline
FULL Exclusive Report: Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Attacks Native Americans
with Dogs & Pepper SpraySeptember 06, 2016
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Debi Smith <Debismith at moscow.com> wrote:

> 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.
> ---------------------------------------
> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>
> [image: 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:
> [image: 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.34
>
> *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:
> [image: 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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