Native American Rights Fund
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Deadline to Comment on KXL Pipeline
 
Last month, a Keystone Pipeline spill released more than 383,000
gallons of oil-half of an Olympic swimming pool. The spill
affected 22,500 square feet of wetlands, which could take years to
recover-if it ever does.

Earlier this year, the Keystone pipeline leaked 1,800 gallons of oil
less than half a mile from the Mississippi River. Workers had to
excavate sections of the affected pipeline to find and repair the
leak.

That leak was nothing compared to the 2017 Keystone spill in South
Dakota. It poured 407, 000 gallons-almost 3,000,000
pounds-of crude oil into the ground. That spill, not far from
the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate's reservation, was the second
Keystone spill in South Dakota in seven years. This rate of toxic
spills is much more frequent than TransCanada predicted and reported
to the federal government. TransCanada estimated South Dakota spills
at no more than once every 41 years.

Now TransCanada (TC Energy) wants to add more miles to their leaky
Keystone Pipeline. The proposed Keystone XL (KXL) Pipeline would cross
Nebraska, Montana, and South Dakota, including tribal lands. Of
course, TransCanada claims that KXL will be safe, that it will be
state of the art. Frighteningly, the state-of-the-art KXL design would
only detect leaks bigger than 535,000 gallons in a 24-hour period. The
most recent leak,
large enough to partially fill a swimming pool, would not be enough to

trigger the leak detection system. This is one of the reasons for the
lawsuit. The pipeline is certain to leak (it already has). Those leaks
will be undetected unless/until they are huge.
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Right now, you can comment on the KXL Supplementary Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS).
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This is your last chance to comment on the KXL pipeline, the
deadline is November 18.

Comment Now at:
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This pipeline will benefit a Canadian company and its shareholders.
It's a threat to our climate, our drinking water, and our
safety. The project has ignored the pipeline's impacts on tribal
communities.

Our health and safety should take priority over companies'
profits. Do not allow TC Energy and the Trump Administration to ignore
their legal and corporate responsibilities to the American people.
Take action today.

#HonorTheTreaties

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