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<p style="text-align:left;">It is with a heavy heart that I
write to you with some unfortunate news: on Wednesday, the
North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the
expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) in a 3-0 vote.
If the pipeline's operators get the same approval in Iowa and
Illinois, DAPL’s capacity will double to carry over a million
barrels of oil per day.</p>
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North Dakota Public Service Commission has allowed an
expansion doubling the oil flow through the Dakota Access
pipeline. In our video from the original hearing, you can
watch oil industry engineers dissembling about the impacts.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Once again, my people and homelands
are intentionally ignored in the interest of increasing
profits for the fossil fuel industry. As Standing Rock
citizens, my relatives and I will be forced to bear the threat
DAPL poses to our water and land. And every human being will
now face the danger of increased oil production as our climate
warms.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We were at the hearing on DAPL
expansion in Linton, North Dakota last November. We helped the
tribe muster opposition. And we watched as gas and oil
employees and their attorneys lied about the risks. <strong><a
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those lies here.</a></strong> We know the truth: more oil
= more risk.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">North Dakota’s PSC claimed in
its announcement yesterday that expansion was in the best
interest of the state’s citizens, but this of course ignores
the valid concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
about the increased threat of surging. And when the Tribe
requested more information from Dakota Access about the risks
that doubling oil flow could hold for tribal water supplies,
the PSC denied the request, citing bureaucratic procedure.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">All pipelines leak. In the 15 years
before DAPL began operations, 60 leaks spilled more than
42,000 barrels of toxic crude oil in North Dakota alone. This
was the reason we stood in prayerful resistance to stop DAPL.
It is why we faced rubber bullets, attack dogs, and water
cannons. We are facing down a threat to our water, and now
that threat is heightened.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We will, however, press on. With
Keystone XL on the horizon, we’re readying for another battle
for our water, and this time we intend to win. We’re also
planning major initiatives on voting in Indian Country during
this critical election cycle, and we’re breaking ground on a
major festival and teach-in later this year at Standing Rock
that will bring musicians, activists, and scientists
together to confront the climate crisis.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We hope you stay with us in the
fight against the madness of continued dependence on fossil
fuels. Time is short. To protect all life on earth we need to
act immediately.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Phyllis Young<br>
Standing Rock Organizer<br>
The Lakota People's Law Project</p>
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