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I am thoroughly enjoying emailing my Senators and Representative with requests to work with the Biden administration. Today's was a reminder about the Dakota Access Pipeline and how it needs to be shut down. Since President Biden has committed to shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline, that was where I started my request -- full text beneath the cut, based largely on the text from Earth Justice, available at Google Drive, along with a number of suggested phrasings for social media.

I'm thrilled that President Biden has committed to shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline; please work with the administration as soon as possible to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline as well.

DAPL is operating without a permit and threatens the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe every day it operates. The pipeline should have never been built in the first place, and its continued operation is an affront to the Tribe’s sovereignty. It’s unconscionable to expose the Tribe and their water to oil spills without conducting a thorough assessment of the risk. We must shut down the pipeline while the Army Corps of Engineers is studying the danger the pipeline poses.

The Army Corps has the authority to stop the flow of oil through the pipeline. The Trump administration ignored the law on this issue as with many others, but I hope the Biden administration will reverse course and make amends. Please respect the law and the Tribe’s sovereignty by shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline while a full environmental impact statement is conducted, and prioritize the Tribe's wishes in all further decision-making.

Comments

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly for the excellent advice on how to word such letters. *goes off to do letter-writing*

[redbird]

Thanks. I started with your message and revised it slightly before writing to my senators and congresswoman. I don't think Ed Markey needs persuading on this, but it can't hurt to tell him his constituents care.

[finch]

Thanks for the suggestion! I just went and did this.

[jazzyjj]

Thanks for this. I haven't done it yet, but hopefully I can find the time to do so. I recently subscribed to receive updates from my local Congresswoman, or at least one of them. A lot of these political websites still have issues with screen readers, but I'm pretty sure I can get around that.