---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kendall Mackey - 350.org <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 9:19 PM Subject: Access Denied ⛔️ To: Anthony Del Plato <[email protected]>
The Army Corps of Engineers just denied the final permit for the Dakota Access pipeline. Friends, *Huge news today: The Obama Administration just denied the final permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline.* Yes, you read that right. Finally -- after months of sustained resistance at Standing Rock and a chorus of protest from around the world -- the Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will not grant permission for the pipeline to cross under the Missouri River, and ordered that the project undergo an environmental review.1 After a month of heartbreak and violence, I almost can’t believe that I get to write you this email. Organizing works. Resistance works. Indigenous leadership is *powerful*. *If you’re feeling as grateful and heartened as I am in this moment, take a minute to write a note of thanks to the Standing Rock water protectors whose victory this is. <https://act.350.org/go/13047?t=1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE>* This good news comes after months of Indigenous-led resistance at Standing Rock, where thousands of water protectors endured extraordinary violence at the hands of a militarized police force. Police and private security forces hired by the pipeline company used attack dogs, mace, rubber bullets, and water cannons -- yet the water protectors stood their ground. *Their courage inspired and mobilized millions of people across the globe to take action for Indigenous sovereignty, clean water, and climate justice.* *If you're one of those people, click here to thank the water protectors at Standing Rock for the courage, the inspiration, and the hope. <https://act.350.org/go/13047?t=2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE>* As Indigenous leader Joye Braun said, "This is a day of victory, but we are still fighting a war." We’ve got so much more work to do, and under a Trump administration that work will be far from easy. But today I feel like we can win. Today I *know* it. *Thank you, water protectors. Thank you, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Thank you, Indigenous-led organizations and organizers. <https://act.350.org/go/13047?t=3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE>* *Thank you, movement.* Onward, Kendall & the 350.org team ------------------------------ 1. Army will not grant easement for Dakota Access Pipeline crossing, U.S. Army <https://act.350.org/go/13041?t=4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE> ------------------------------ 350.org <http://350.org?akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE> is building a global climate movement. Become a sustaining donor to keep this movement strong and growing. <https://act.350.org/donate/build/?akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE> You can update your contact information, location, or language here <https://act.350.org/login/?next=/me/update/&t=5&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE>, or if you're 100% sure you never want to hear from 350.org again you can click here to unsubscribe. <http://act.350.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=6&akid=18636.598593.IRAwWE> -- *“Hope is not the optimism that things will turn out right. Hope is the soul’s deep orientation to what is right, no matter how things turn out.”** -Vaclav Havel* For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
