YOU are supporting building DAPL if your $ is in one of these BIG BANKS - DIVEST NOW!!!

[Jude Iam]

URGENT: Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation building the Dakota Access Pipeline, is refusing to back down. Tell the Banks: Pull your funding from the Dakota Access Pipeline now »

	Petition to the Banks behind the Dakota Access Pipeline: "Continuing to finance DAPL signals your approval of the use of militarized force against those asserting their First Amendment rights and traditional spiritual beliefs and practices, and disregard for Indigenous responsibilities to protect people, lands and water."
	SIGN THE PETITION

Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), has ignored the demands of the Water Protectors at Standing Rock for the last two years. And now they’re ignoring the fact that the Army Corps of Engineers has denied them the necessary permits to build this pipeline — claiming that they “fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting.”

It’s time to step up our game — and we’ve now got a new pressure point: the 17 banks financing the DAPL. Without their resources, Energy Transfer Partners may be unable to proceed with the pipeline.

These banks face a clear decision: keep funding a project steeped in controversy that will not meet its construction deadlines, or do what is right.

The decision should be simple. But we know when money and oil are involved, most corporations need pressuring to make the right decision. That’s why LCV is partnering with more than 20 other organizations to build enough public pressure that these banks will stop all further funding to the company. Together, we can show these banks that we stand with the Water Protectors and demand that they divest from this pipeline.

Support Standing Rock and hit Energy Transfer Partners where it really matters: their wallets. Sign the petition and tell Banks to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline today »

Just two weeks ago, we saw the devastating impacts oil pipelines can have as a huge spill occurred in North Dakota just 150 miles from Sacred Stone Camp where the Water Protectors are assembled. At least 176,000 gallons of oil spilled, polluting waterways and six miles of land. This spill underscores the threat facing the Standing Rock Sioux and the millions who rely on the Missouri River for drinking water.

And with the December 4 announcement from the US Army Corps of Engineers halting construction of the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners is rushing to build a pipeline they don’t have permission to complete. The Dakota Access Pipeline is economically unnecessary today, given the continued low price of oil. Amid climate change, supporting new fossil fuel infrastructure is dangerous and reckless as the world continues to move away from climate-destroying fuels to clean energy.

It should be a no-brainer to investors that this pipeline is bad for business, period! We — as customers and account holders — can pressure the lending banks to take a stand. Banks are nothing without their customers’ money. This is a rare moment to tell the banks they are beholden to us, their customers, and that we want them to stop financing this oil pipeline.

All 17 Banks need to hear from you that funding the Dakota Access Pipeline is UNACCEPTABLE. Add your name today »

Time is running out for Standing Rock, Judith, as Donald Trump’s cabinet picks all but solidify his intent to approve the Dakota Access Pipeline. But together, we can make a difference. We can pressure these banks to stop funding the Dakota Access Pipeline, and without their resources Energy Transfer Partners must abandon this pipeline.

Yours in Resistance,
Yazmin Khan
Digital Campaigns Manager
League of Conservation Voters

[Jude Iam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=806OKEMk16E

lily tomlin andjane fonda withdraw their $$$. #DEFUNDDAPL

high time for us all to do business only with credit unions and local banks
and SUPPORT PUBLIC BANKING in every state.

use of your money is political action. jude