[Peace] WILL: Urbana City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Dakota Access Pipeline

[Niloofar Shambayati]

This is great! Thanks for your efforts to push for this resolution. Now, is
Champaign's turn!

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> (audio recording of the proceedings at link)
>
> http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/urbana-city-council-
> passes-resolution-opposing-dakota-access-pipeline
>
> illinois public media news
> Urbana City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Dakota Access Pipeline
> September 20, 2016
> BY JIM MEADOWS
>
> A resolution opposing the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project
> passed the Urbana City Council Monday night on a unanimous voice vote.
>
> The pipeline would transport oil from North Dakota to Illinois, although
> orders from three federal agencies have temporarily halted its
> construction. The resolution cites the potential environmental risk of oil
> spills from the pipeline, and the damage already caused to sacred spaces
> during construction --- according to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
>
> Ward Four Alderman Bill Brown says he believes the world will need fossil
> fuels such as oil for some time to come. But he said he couldn’t ignore the
> pipeline’s dangers --- danger the pipeline poses to the environment and to
> Native American cultural sites.
>
>  “There’s no easy solution from an energy perspective, but certainly, in
> this instance, from a cultural perspective and the way the people were
> treated, I think this is the right thing to do,” said Brown.
>
> The only opposition came from the lone Republican on the Council. Ward Six
> Alderman Michael P. Madigan said he had empathy for the Standing Rock Sioux
> and their concerns. But he says the oil intended for the pipeline would be
> extracted and transported with or without it --- and that the pipeline
> provided the safest means.
>
> “It is the way that the oil can be moved with the least amount of
> detriment to the environment,” said Madigan “And if somebody would rather
> have it moved by semi or train, I would ask you, are you not for reducing
> the carbon footprint?”
>
> Despite his criticisms, Madigan did not oppose the resolution in Monday
> night’s voice vote.
>
> The measure asks the president to review the pipeline’s construction
> permit … and to make sure federal requirements for pipeline construction
> consider the impact on water, global warming and the impact on “Tribal
> nations”.
>
> Members of the public had called on the Urbana City Council to pass the
> resolution. Several of them voiced their support during the public comment
> section of Monday’s city council meeting, just as they had during an
> earlier committee-of-the-whole meeting.
> Story source: WILL
> ===
>
> Robert Naiman
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