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December 18, 2018

Seattle Protest Targets JPMorgan Chase over Pipeline Investments
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The fight has drawn supporters from both the U.S. and Canada. In
Seattle, Washington, on Friday, about 60 protesters laid a 50-foot-long
pipeline through the executive lobby of JPMorgan Chase's Pacific
Northwest headquarters and created a mock oil spill in a protest against
the bank's financing of Trans Canada and other pipeline companies. This
is Rachel Heaton, a Muckleshoot tribal member who joined the protest.

Rachel Heaton: "This is about our future generations. And that's why I
have my 5-and-a-half-month-old boy out here. It's because ultimately the
decisions that these banks are making, that we're making, all have to do
with their future. And, you know, the idea of them not having clean air
to breathe or clean water, it's such a horrible thing to think about,
but the fact that it just doesn't bother some people… And so we have to
come out here and talk about this. And so, really, this fight isn't just
about attacking the issue of pipelines, but it's also about what are we
doing for our future generations."



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