Keystone XL is a proposed tar sands pipeline that would connect Alberta, Canada with Gulf Coast refineries that would carry 800,000 barrels per day of tar sands oil across the United States to be refined, exported and burned.
Tar sands oil has a massive carbon footprint — sometimes requiring more energy to produce than it creates — and Keystone XL is the key to making burning that oil economically feasible.
The fight against Keystone XL has been powered by an unprecedented wave of grassroots actions, led by people from all walks of life, in every state in the United States — and beyond. For general information, visit 350.org.
As is the case with most environmentally damaging projects, big business tries to route the damage through poorer communities thinking they will get less resistance. Many of the reservations and sacred lands in South Dakota are in the path of this monster.
Watch this message from Native youth to President Obama.
I encourage you to learn more and support the children who are trying to save the land for their generation and the ones that come after them. For information on efforts to stop the Keystone XL in South Dakota, learn more by reading one of these articles:
Argues Leader Article
Lakota Voice Rez News
Indian Country Today
My hope is that the gathering in South Dakota helps gathering participants (no matter where they are gathering this year) to learn how we can support the people of South Dakota in this effort and that we can then take action to stop this atrocity against the earth, the First Nation people, and the children everywhere. Together we can make a difference.
Here's another opportunity for the Family to take part in a 7 year effort to uplift our Lakota girls. Please share and encourage lightshine and possibly participation with this. https://m.facebook.com/groups/947005018651146?ref=bookmarks
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