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November 15, 2016

Army Delays Issuing Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Ahead of Global Day of Action
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Protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are planned in
more than 100 cities worldwide today. Many are taking place at U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers offices to demand the Army refuse to grant a final
permit for the pipeline company to drill underneath the Missouri River.
In a joint statement by the Army and the Interior Department released
Monday, the Army announced it is holding off issuing the final permit,
saying, "The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis
are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation's
dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our
government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing
easements through government property." This is Tara Houska, national
campaigns director for Honor the Earth.

Tara Houska: "The Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth and
many of our allies are calling for a nationwide day of solidarity on
November 15th, a week after the election, at Army Corps offices around
the country. For hundreds of years, the United States Army and Native
people have been at odds. It's time that we step forward and begin a new
chapter together, one in which indigenous rights are respected, our
lands are respected, and our waters are respected by the U.S.
government."

Protests against the Dakota Access pipeline were also planned here at
the climate summit in Marrakech, but today is the day of the high-level
meetings with the king of Morocco and others, so all protests at the COP
22 have been banned.
Topics:Dakota Access Pipeline

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