Banking on Change at Standing Rock

Climate One

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4.7 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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They were an unlikely group of activists; Native American youths concerned about teen suicide sparked the movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)—a movement which ultimately spread across the country. Veterans and others joined in, traveling to the construction site and showing solidarity with activists. Protesters objected to the $3.8 billion pipeline route, which they say threatens freshwater supplies and disrespects ancestral lands. Guests: Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founder, Idle No More SF Bay L. Frank Manriquez, Indigenous California artist and activist Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 11, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.6	In 2016, opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline made national headlines and galvanized a movement.
0:42.3	There were things that happened at Standing Rock that were so powerful.
0:48.3	Just one of those really big, potent moments of we can do this.
0:55.9	Native American water protectors and their allies face tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons.
1:00.7	We swore to protect and defend against foreign and domestic,
1:04.5	and this is about as domestic as it gets.
1:07.3	But the effects of the resistance didn't end there.
1:09.5	While Dakota Access was being fought, there was a whole other set of energy infrastructure
1:16.6	projects coming up against the same kind of confrontation.
1:24.6	Banking on Change at Standing Rock. Up next on Climate One.
1:38.7	What's next for the resistance inspired by Standing Rock?
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