By Dave Room on Wednesday November 30th, 2016
It’s Time to Make a Lasting Difference
Let’s come together and culture hack our oil dependence to stop all the pipelines, starting with Standing Rock.
One of the most frustrating things about halting pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure projects through protest and civil disobedience – beyond the enormous amount of effort needed and the state-sanctioned violence that sometimes must be endured – is that these hard-fought victories can be fleeting. Once the political tide changes, these climate-exacerbating infrastructure deals pop back up like whack-a-moles.
The campaign to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline spawned many protests over seven years including hundreds of rallies, sit-ins, blockades, strategy meetings, and perhaps as many as a thousand arrests. Legal challenges also delayed it. Yet, this historic victory could be overturned by the simple stroke of a pen. In fact, one for the campaign planks of the U.S. President-Elect was to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built in return for “a big piece of the profits” for the American people. Unfortunately, once in office, he could easily put the currently shelved project on a fast track to completion.
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