Thread by @TulsiGabbard

1. One year ago, the Army Corps of Engineers granted the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to run beneath Lake Oahe, threatening the clean water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux and millions of people along the Missouri River. #NoDAPL

2. Here’s a video we recorded in early December 2016, when I traveled to Standing Rock with thousands of veterans in support of the water protectors. The Army Corps had denied the easement then, instead ordering an environmental impact statement, or EIS.

3. The EIS was abandoned not long after President Trump took office, but water protectors have continued to organize. The Native Nations March, March for Science, People’s Climate March, and countless local efforts show a new path forward for putting people before profits.

4. The fact that #DAPL had 5 oil spills in its first 6 months of operation should surprise no one. There is no clean or completely safe way to extract+transport fossil fuels. The science is clear. We need to cease fossil fuel production immediately & move to 100% renewable energy

5. We must listen to native communities, whose sovereignty was violated with #DAPL construction. Whether we fight for clean water at Standing Rock, in Flint, Red Hill in Hawaiʻi or anywhere else, everyone’s voice should matter.

6. Let’s continue to do everything we can to protect our precious water resources and stop the extraction of dangerous fossil fuels. Let’s invest in renewable energy. Support the #OFFAct. Water is Life! aloha.votetulsi.com/page/s/off-act