[1]Women's March
John,
I’m writing to you today about a major fight taking place in Northern
Minnesota against the Line 3 pipeline. I’m going to ask for your help in a
moment, but first let me explain:
Just like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, Line 3 violates
Indigenous rights and would carry the pollution equivalent of 50 coal
power plants.^1 It would plow through sacred wild rice watersheds, over
800 wetlands, and 200+ bodies of water in Ojibwe treaty territory.
It would also contribute to the growing epidemic of Indigenous women who
have gone missing or been murdered – which we’ve seen spike when fossil
fuel projects and man camps invade our lands.^2
Indigenous water protectors are taking peaceful direct action to protect
their land as you read this. But the drones are overhead and the police
are militarized. We need national pressure now.
President Biden can revoke the water permits granted by Trump, but he’ll
only act if we generate enough public pressure. That’s why we’ve joined
with MN350, Honor the Earth, and dozens of other groups to deliver
thousands of petitions calling on Biden to stop Line 3.
[ [link removed] ]Will you sign the national petition right now calling on President
Biden to #StopLine3 immediately and respect Indigenous rights?
[ [link removed] ]Sign now →
Time is of the essence, John. The
bulldozers and pipes have arrived, but we have a clear path to win. Biden
can and must halt construction immediately.
When a pipeline is built, data shows that these workers are responsible
for kidnapping, assaulting, raping, and murdering our Indigneous sisters
who sometimes go missing and their bodies never found.
Stopping Keystone XL and re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement were
important first steps, but Line 3 will be the next major test for the
Biden Administration. If he means what he says about taking bold climate
action, protecting Native women, respecting Indigenous sovereignty, this
pipeline must be stopped.
Native peoples continue to fight for their lands and sovereignty, while
facing extreme rates of poverty, suicide, and sexual and domestic
violence. As an Oglala Lakota growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
South Dakota, I experienced many of the issues facing Indigenous
communities first hand.
Stopping this pipeline would go a long way in helping reverse the
disastrous impacts of Trump’s policies on Indigenous communities from
green lighting the Dakota Access pipeline, to slashing the protected Bears
Ears site by 200,000 acres, to cutting several federal assistance
programs.^3
It will take deep organizing to stop this project and all of us supporting
the frontline resistance on the ground with supplies, bail money, online
amplification, and more.
Please take the first step and add your name to the national petition
calling on President Biden to stop Line 3 immediately.
[ [link removed] ]Every signature will be personally delivered to the Biden
Administration, and we’ll share our number of signatures with the press to
show our momentum.
Wopila and thank you,
Sarah Eagle Heart
Women’s March Board Member
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^1. [ [link removed] ]The Guardian
2. [ [link removed] ]Scientific American
3. [ [link removed] ]Cultural Survival
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