March 7, 2017
Washington, DC- In response to a United States’ district court’s ruling allowing the Dakota Access Pipeline to resume construction, disregarding the rights of the Standing Rock tribe, Greenpeace USA Climate & Energy Campaigner Diana Best said:
“We stand with Indigenous leadership and millions of people around the world in condemning this decision and the criminal Dakota Access Pipeline. The project violates the sovereignty of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the National Environmental Protection Act, international conventions on the prior informed consent of indigenous peoples, and crystal clear moral imperatives that place the value of human life and the natural resources it depends upon over the interests of corporations.
The Dakota Access Pipeline is seen in the eyes of a millions around the world as a violation of human rights. The Trump Administration may be propping up this project and its investors for now, but it and its backers risk losing all credibility among a global audience. It is up to the pipeline’s investors to decide on what side of history they wish to stand.”
Contact:
Cassady Craighill, [email protected], 828-817-3328
