Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe- but the fight is not over

From Daily Kos:

By Irna Landrum

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all the water protectors got amazing news on December 4th. After months of peaceful and prayerful demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), the Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement need to finish drilling under the Missouri River. 

But the fight is not over yet. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company building the pipeline, intends to finish the pipeline without rerouting away from Standing Rock, even though the Army Corps is urging them to find and consider other routes. The only way to stop DAPL once and for all is to pull the money and financing for this destructive project. 

Sign the petition urging the 17 big banks funding the Dakota Access pipeline to stop supporting DAPL and disregarding indigenous tribal rights. 

Here's where people power comes into serious play again: Most of the investment and loan money for DAPL comes from banks that you likely know and may do business with. That gives us considerable leverage to put public pressure on these banks to stop funding pollution and environmental racism. 

These 17 banks have not yet disbursed all the loan funds they've committed. With public pressure, we can stop the funding from going through. We have to stand up and urge these banks to use their power to stop a project that will endanger community health when crude oil leaks into the water, and a project which has already visited cruelty and physical harm on indigenous peoples. 

Indigenous leaders have asked people to focus their attention on the banks, using December as a month of targeted bank actions. Daily Kos has joined a large coalition to amplify our voices and make sure the banks cannot ignore us. 

Sign the petition urging the 17 big banks funding the Dakota Access pipeline to stop supporting DAPL and disregarding indigenous tribal rights. 

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