[News] Water Protectors Inspire New Resistance Camps, Global Divestment in Dakota Access Pipeline

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http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2017/03/water-protectors-awaken-global-movement.html 


*Water Protectors Inspire New Resistance Camps, Global Divestment in 
Dakota Access Pipeline*
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By Brenda Norrell - March 21, 2017*

Because of the water protectors who stood on the frontlines and were 
shot with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons in freezing 
weather, who locked down and went to jail and were abused in jail, the 
movement is now a rallying point for the world.

Divestment in the banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline is one of the 
victories of the water protectors who camped at Standing Rock.

Now, throughout the United States new camps are fighting other pipelines 
and water protectors are rising with the same fortitude, dedication and 
courage to protect the water, rivers, land and sacred places.
.
On Monday, Tyler Hamilton was arrested as he locked down to halt the 
Diamond pipeline in Arkansas. Water protectors on the border of Texas 
and Mexico are battling the Trans Pecos pipeline owned by Dakota Access 
Pipeline, Energy Transfer Partner owner Kelcy Warren.

In Oklahoma, a new camp is rising on Choctaw land. In Iowa, water 
protectors have created the Little Creek Camp. In Florida, water 
protectors are battling the Sabal Trail pipeline. New water protector 
camps are rising as the KXL pipeline from the dirty oil tarsands in 
Alberta, Canada, again threatens the Ogallala Aquifer and heartland.
.
The movement is intensifying as farmers, ranchers and small families are 
now having their lands seized by eminent domain for private pipelines -- 
as President Trump pushes the agenda of big oil over people and their 
land rights.

*Indigenous Sami Lead Way for Divestment

*"In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the 
Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded the country’s second largest 
pension fund to withdraw its money from companies linked to a 
controversial oil project backed by Donald Trump," The Guardian 
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/17/sami-dakota-access-pipeline-norway-pension-fund-divest> 
in London reports.
After lobbying by the Sami parliament, Norway’s local authority pension 
fund KLP announced it would sell of shares worth $58m in companies 
building the pipeline.

*Seattle, Davis and Santa Monica withdrawing billions from Wells Fargo

*Bloomberg reports Wells Fargo and Company shareholders will vote next 
month on whether to require the bank to adopt policies to help protect 
indigenous groups after protesters targeted its role in financing the 
Dakota Access pipeline.

On Feb. 7, Seattle severed its relationship with Wells Fargo, leading 
the way for other cities.

The Nation reports, "Now, inspired by the Seattle model, campaigners in 
cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Bellingham, Raleigh, 
Albuquerque, and even Berlin, are bringing DAPL divestment to their 
communities."

"As of late February, officials in two other California cities, Davis 
and Santa Monica, had also pledged to bail on future banking contracts 
with Wells Fargo. Davis will be withdrawing its $124 million account 
from the bank; Santa Monica plans to take its $1 billion elsewhere as well."

More:
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/17/sami-dakota-access-pipeline-norway-pension-fund-divest
Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-15/wells-fargo-s-dakota-access-financing-prompts-a-shareholder-vote
The Nation:
https://www.thenation.com/article/these-cities-are-divesting-from-the-banks-that-support-the-dakota-access-pipeline/
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