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<div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body css-listicle-body-2653296908"><div class="body-description">After more than a decade of grassroots <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/here-s-how-we-defeated-keystone-xl-pipeline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">organizing, agitation, and tireless opposition </a>by

the international climate movement, the final nail was slammed into the

Keystone XL's coffin Wednesday afternoon when the company behind the

transnational tar sands pipeline officially <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/energy/keystone-pipeline-canceled/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pulled the plug </a>on its plans.Following

consultation with Canadian officials and regulators—including "its

partner, the Government of Alberta"—TC Energy confirmed its "<a href="https://www.tcenergy.com/announcements/2021-06-09-tc-energy-confirms-termination-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-project/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">termination</a>"

of the project in a statement citing the revocation of a federal U.S.

permit by President Joe Biden on his first day in office on January 20

as the leading reason.Climate campaigners, however, were

immediate in claiming a final victory after years of struggle against

the company and its backers both in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa."TC

Energy just confirmed what we already knew but it's a thrilling reality

all the same—the Keystone XL pipeline is no more and never will be,"

said David Turnbull, strategic communications director with Oil Change

International (OCI).

<div style="margin:1em 0">OMG! It’s official. We took on a multi-billion dollar corporation and we won!!

Keystone XL is dead!! The People m… https://t.co/BT5PAhBxmy</div> — Dallas Goldtooth (@Dallas Goldtooth)

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"After more than 10 years of organizing we have finally defeated an

oil giant, Keystone XL is dead!" declared the Indigenous Environmental

Network (IEN) in reaction. "We are dancing in our hearts because of this

victory! From Dene territories in Northern Alberta to Indigenous lands

along the Gulf of Mexico, we stood hand-in-hand to protect the next

seven generations of life, the water and our communities from this dirty

tar sands pipeline. And that struggle is vindicated."IEN said

that the win over TC Energy and its supporters was "not the end—but

merely the beginning of further victories," and also reminded the world

that there are "still frontline Indigenous water protectors like Oscar

High Elk who face charges for standing against the Keystone XL

pipeline."Calling the news "yet another huge moment in an

historic effort," Turnbull at OCI said that while the Canadian company's

press statement failed to admit it, "this project is finally being

abandoned thanks to more than a decade of resistance from Indigenous

communities, landowners, farmers, ranchers, and climate activists along

its route and around the world."Jared Margolis, a senior attorney

at the Center for Biological Diversity, declared the victory in the

drawn-out battle—which largely took place under the Democratic

administration of former President Barack Obama—"a landmark moment in

the fight against the climate crisis.""We need to keep moving

away from dirty, dangerous pipelines that lock us into an unsustainable

future," added Margolis, who said he now hopes President Joe Biden will

take this lesson and apply to other polluting fossil projects. "We're

hopeful that the Biden administration will continue to shift this

country in the right direction by opposing fossil fuel projects that

threaten our climate, our waters and imperiled wildlife," he said. "Good

riddance to Keystone XL!"

<div style="margin:1em 0">After YEARS the #NoKXL fight is over. The Keystone Pipeline is finally dead. Now do #Line3 and #DAPL

https://t.co/A7YukN0GR0</div> — RAN (@RAN)

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Jamie Henn and Bill McKibben, both co-founders of 350.org and key

architects of the decision to make the Keystone XL pipeline a target and

symbol of the global climate movement, also heralded the news."When this fight began, people thought Big Oil couldn't be beat." —Bill McKibben, 350.org co-founder"When

this fight began, people thought Big Oil couldn't be beat," said

McKibben, who was among those arrested outside the White House in 2011

protesting the pipeline."Keystone XL is now the most famous

fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement, but it won't be the

last," said Henn. "The same coalition that stopped this pipeline is now

battling Line 3 and dozens of other fossil fuel projects across the

country. Biden did the right thing on KXL, now it's time to go a step

further and say no to all new fossil fuel projects everywhere."Clayton

Thomas Muller, another longtime KXL opponent and currently a senior

campaigns specialist at 350.org in Canada, said: "This victory is thanks

to Indigenous land defenders who fought the Keystone XL pipeline for

over a decade. Indigenous-led resistance is critical in the fight

against the climate crisis and we need to follow the lead of Indigenous

peoples, particularly Indigenous women, who are leading this fight

across the continent and around the world. With Keystone XL cancelled,

it's time to turn our attention to the Indigenous-led resistance to the

Line 3 and the Trans Mountain tar sands pipelines."McKibben also

made the direct connection to KXL and the decision now looming before

Biden when it comes to Line 3 in northern Minnesota. "When enough people

rise up we're stronger even than the richest fossil fuel companies," he

said. "And by the way, the same climate test that ruled out Keystone

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    </div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></div><div><div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body  css-listicle-body-2657650586"><div class="body-description"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>NDN Collective, inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux movement, releases a report on Dakota Access Pipeline.</strong></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Climate

justice means something different to everyone but when it brings to

mind images of shrinking glaciers, islands of floating garbage, or oil

leaking into the soil from a cross-country pipeline, the associations

being made are actually examples of climate injustices, according to

climate justice campaign organizer for <a href="https://ndncollective.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">NDN Collective</a>, <a href="https://ndncollective.org/people/kailea-frederick/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Kailea Frederick</a>.This article was produced by <a href="https://independentmediainstitute.org/local-peace-economy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: initial;" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Local Peace Economy</a>, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
“We

often envision climate injustices first before we talk about climate

justice,” says Frederick. “It’s because we see a lot of injustice in

terms of what has created climate change and continues to exacerbate it,

[along with those] in the front-line communities that are most

impacted, who happen to be our people,” says Frederick.The concept of <a href="https://climatejustice.ndncollective.org/?ga=2.109098945.513830969.1654450048-1314747368.1654012889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">climate justice</a>

conforms to the belief that global warming and climate change are

social, economic and political issues as much as they are environmental

or scientific dilemmas. For organizers like Frederick and her colleague,

<a href="https://ndncollective.org/people/jade-begay/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Jade Begay</a>,

climate justice campaign director for NDN Collective, climate justice

is more than just an acknowledgment that climate change is man-made and

rooted in socioeconomic issues, it stands for a better future where the

economy thrives while ethical considerations are made for the

environment and all people—rich and poor, white or BIPOC (Black,

Indigenous, and people of color).“Climate justice is part of the

social movement or activism lexicon, which isn’t always the most

accessible to regular everyday people,” says Begay. “The unfortunate

part is that climate justice is centered around meeting the needs of

everyday people. In practice, climate justice is really about health and

safety, having clean jobs and dignified wages for everyone.”Founded in 2018 by <a href="https://ndncollective.org/people/nick-tilsen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Nick Tilsen</a>

of the Oglala Lakota Nation, NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led

nonprofit organization focused on building the power of Indigenous

people through organizing, activism, philanthropy and narrative change.

Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, the collective’s formation was

inspired by the efforts of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and many other

Indigenous groups, and their struggle to stop the construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests#:_:text" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)</a>, which began in 2016.“Thousands

of Indigenous people came together and self-organized a fairly

low-impact town that was partially fueled on solar power and governed by

Indigenous people,” says Begay. “People first came together to fight

the pipeline [DAPL], but it wasn’t just about the pipeline, it was about

systemic racism.”While forming NDN Collective, Tilsen was also heavily influenced by his work with the <a href="https://www.thundervalley.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation</a>, which seeks to preserve the culture of the Oglala Lakota Nation in South Dakota through community and economic development.“Tilsen

was already leading this incredible model in his own community and saw

the need at Standing Rock for the growth and expansion of [the work

being done by] Thunder Valley,” says Begay. “That was when the idea of

NDN Collective came to be.”Before committing to creating the

collective, Tilsen and others decided to seek the counsel of their

ancestors in the spirit world. The message they received in their

ceremony was a question, “How long are you going to let other people

decide the future for your children? Are you not warriors?” The question

spurred Tilsen and his colleagues to proceed with forming the

collective.Begay and Frederick were drawn to the organization

through their similar paths. Begay, a descendant of the Diné people and a

citizen of the Tesuque Pueblo of New Mexico, had worked with Indigenous

organizations in the past. She began consulting for NDN Collective in

2018 and was soon hired as a creative director. Now, as the climate

justice campaign director, she focuses on informational campaigns and

impacting governmental policy, while also serving as a member of the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2021/03/29/white-house-announces-environmental-justice-advisory-council-members/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council</a>.“In

my relatively short career and life, I’d never seen something so

ambitious, and so exciting in terms of moving resources directly to

Indigenous folks,” says Begay while referring to the work being done by

NDN Collective.Frederick, who came aboard NDN Collective’s

climate justice team in 2021, identifies as a Black American and is a

descendent of the Tahltan and Kaska nations. In addition to her work

with NDN Collective, she is the editor of <a href="https://loamlove.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Loam</a> and serves as a member of the City of Petaluma Climate Action Commission in California.“I

met Jade some years ago, so when I heard NDN Collective was starting a

climate justice team, I was excited,” says Frederick. “It felt like a

good fit to have the opportunity to work on a team that was focused on

advocacy and capacity building for Indigenous communities in a

climate-changed world.”In March 2022, NDN Collective’s climate justice team released the report, “<a href="https://climatejustice.ndncollective.org/dapl-report/?ga=2.70293332.513830969.1654450048-1314747368.1654012889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">Faulty Infrastructure and the Impacts of the Dakota Access Pipeline</a>,”

which provides an analysis about the safety issues associated with the

pipeline and chronicles the lack of due diligence that occurred

throughout the planning and construction process. Begay and Frederick

worked with contractors and engineers to compose the report, which

includes a demand that the Biden administration drain and shut down the

pipeline permanently.“The report is the first to lay out a full

and factual timeline of the DAPL process, and by laying out the entirety

of the process, it became clear that there was a co-conspiracy

happening between the Army Corps of Engineers [that granted permission

for the construction of the pipeline] and the owners of DAPL,” says

Frederick.Even with the report published, and a full environmental review by the Army Corps of Engineers ongoing, oil continues to be <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/illinois-court-vacates-approval-dakota-access-pipeline-capacity-expansion-2022-01-12/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">transported</a>

through the pipeline. Despite the U.S. government’s refusal to shut the

pipeline down, the work of NDN Collective’s climate justice team, who

wrote the report, has created a precedent and structure for those who

want to fight against the development of projects similar to DAPL down

the road.“We’re now stuck in the regulatory space,” says Begay.

“But we can share the knowledge we’ve gained over this process with our

partners and community members so that if we have to fight another

pipeline, we’ll be that much better at shutting it down.”Moving

forward, NDN Collective’s climate justice team is focused on influencing

policymaking at the state and federal levels and building

climate-resilient communities through traditional ecological knowledge

like executing safe <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">prescribed burns</a> and building low-impact <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/937851/using-adobe-in-architecture-techniques-and-application" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked">adobe architecture</a>.“We

are giving Indigenous people the knowledge, skills and tools that will

help us prepare better for the shifts we will soon start experiencing in

our ecosystem,” says Begay.Author Bio: Aric

Sleeper is an independent journalist whose work, which covers topics

including labor, drug reform, food and more, has appeared in the San

Francisco Chronicle and other publications local to California’s Central

Coast. In addition to his role as a community reporter, he has served

as a government analyst and bookseller.</div>

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