February 10, 2021 –Azul’s Executive Director Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, has joined a group of over 200 activists, indigenous leaders and celebrities asking the Biden-Harris administration to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline for good.
The letter recaps the battle over the DAPL and details how, over the previous four years, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe have fought to keep it from being completed.
In July 2020, a court ordered that the pipeline be shut down and a hearing is set for Feb. 10 to determine a final ruling. DAPL carries oil from North Dakota underground through South Dakota and Iowa, ending in Patoka, Illinois, and has long been protested by climate activists and indigenous leaders.
You can read the full letter here.