On his second day in office Trump wrote a memo declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline is in the national interest, and that the Army Corps should consider scrapping environmental review in order to approve it. Then yesterday, the Acting Secretary of the Army directed the Army Corps to comply with Trump's memo. This permit could be granted any day now, and construction could resume. Now is not the time to back down.
Thanks to the courageous opposition of Indigenous communities, the project was halted for a full review last fall. Every comment submitted in support of the review builds the legal case against Trump's reckless attempt to fast-track the pipeline.
The deadline for review is February 20th. Submit your comment now and stand up to Trump's pipeline plan.
It should not be approved, and defending the Environmental Impact Statement is the next crucial step in that direction.
To help The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe fight back Submit a Comment to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline Here
These Comments will be delivered in bulk to the Army Corps of Engineers before the February 20th deadline. Every new comment builds the case against the pipeline -- Can you share this with your social networks to grow our impact?