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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAl Gore: Dakota Access Pipeline is an "Absolute Atrocity"
In Washington, D.C., former Vice President Al Gore has spoken out against another pipeline, the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, while speaking at The New York Times Global Leaders Collective conference.
Al Gore: "The massive investment in these pipeline infrastructure projects will be amortized over 50 to 75 years, and we need that capital to flow into renewables. This Standing Rock project is an atrocity. It is an absolute atrocity. And I wish that President Obama would step in before there is more violence out there against thosethey call themselves water protectors. This is an embarrassment to our country. All those promises have been broken for so long. Using water cannons in subfreezing temperatures, thats inhumane."
https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/30/headlines/al_gore_dakota_access_pipeline_is_an_absolute_atrocity
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Al Gore: Dakota Access Pipeline is an "Absolute Atrocity" (Original Post)
Donkees
Dec 2016
OP
well, kudos to Bernie for actually going there... but yes, Gore should go there
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#12
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. What he said...
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. He should go there.
Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. President.
More than 2,000 veterans have agreed to act as human shields to protect protesters from December 4 to 7, according to a Facebook event. They launched the effort, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock on Tuesday and after months of protesters clashing with the police over the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/veterans-protect-standing-rock-protesters_us_583ee73fe4b0ae0e7cdaf766
zentrum
(9,865 posts)4. YupTalk is cheap. n/t
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)7. Hence, your own presence there, yes?
Hence, your own presence there, yes? (rationalization to follow...)
Are you there?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)8. I'm not a veteran, but Gore is.
No one would care if I went, but his presence there would be meaningful and would shed more light on the terrible conditions. I agree with zentrum.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)3. He's right. eom
rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)9. I agree
pangaia
(24,324 posts)10. Bravo Al. Now, would you please go there?
Your presence WOULD get media attention... maybe...
It might help.
AND it might get President Obama more actively involved... maybe.....
or JOE???
Somebody ANYBODY.
SAME with trumpo.... WHERE is everybody we have voted for all these many years...?
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)12. well, kudos to Bernie for actually going there... but yes, Gore should go there
of course, he'll get criticized for using any sort of petroleum-based fuel to get there.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)11. Al's my man-- always loved him
orleans
(33,986 posts)13. "I wish that President Obama would step in before there is more violence"
yes. so do i. (so where the hell is he?)
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)14. Getting ready...
for a cushy retirement.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)15. President Gore.
Overseas
(12,121 posts)16. K&R.