‘Environmental genocide’: Native Americans quit talks over Keystone XL pipeline
Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of
a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to
protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to
‘environmental genocide.’
Native Americans are opposed to the 1,179-mile (1,897km) Keystone XL project - a system to transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in Texas - for various reasons, including potential irreversible damage to sacred sites, pollution, and water contamination.
Although the planned pipeline would not pass directly through any Native American reservation, tribes in proximity to the proposed system say it will violate their traditional lands and that the environmental risks of the project are simply too great.
READ MORE: http://rt.com/usa/native-americans-keystone-pipeline-475/
People opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline gather in prayer in Fullerton, Nebraska (AFP Photo / Guillaume Mayer)
Native Americans are opposed to the 1,179-mile (1,897km) Keystone XL project - a system to transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in Texas - for various reasons, including potential irreversible damage to sacred sites, pollution, and water contamination.
Although the planned pipeline would not pass directly through any Native American reservation, tribes in proximity to the proposed system say it will violate their traditional lands and that the environmental risks of the project are simply too great.
READ MORE: http://rt.com/usa/native-americans-keystone-pipeline-475/
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