Army Corps Considers Continued Operation of Destructive Dakota Access Pipeline
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a draft environmental impact statement today for the operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which threatens the lands, water supply, and valuable cultural resources of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Amy Mall, senior advocate at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), made the following statement:
“We stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposing this dirty and dangerous pipeline that harms the climate and threatens the primary water source for the Tribe. The Army Corps must consider all of the risks of this pipeline, make all significant environmental information available without redactions, and honor the Tribe’s treaty rights. We call on the Corps to shut it down.”
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