The Fight to Stop Oil Pipelines: "For Water. For Treaties. For Climate."

Dec 30, 2021

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This week, we’re talking about oil pipelines. From the fight against Keystone XL to Standing Rock, pipeline protests have been central to the climate movement in the U.S. But they’ve always been about more than just the climate -- they’ve also been a battle for Indigenous rights, demanding that Native American people and Tribes should have a say over what happens in their historic territories. This week, we look back at how pipeline protests have transformed climate activism in the U.S., and we go to the front lines of the latest protests, where organizers are fighting, in their words, “For water. For treaties. For climate.” (This episode originally aired on April 15, 2021).

Guests: Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Joye Braun, Jenni Monet, Jamie Henn and Tara Houska.

Learn More

• For more about Tara and her work, you can:

• Check out the Giniw Collective on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

• Watch Tara’s TED Talk: The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for Indigenous rights

• You can find more information, including ways to get involved from home, here: https://linktr.ee/stopline3

• You can find the link to a petition asking the Biden administration to step in and do what they can to stop this project here: https://www.stopline3.org/biden

• You can find out about the divestment campaign aimed at companies that fund fossil fuel infrastructure here: https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/