A great day in the #nobakken fight

THANK YOU!

What a day! Thank you to the 150 of you who dedicated your time to saying no to the Bakken Pipeline yesterday – you brought incredible energy from rallying in the cold of the early morning to bringing beautiful, powerful testimony throughout the eight-hour Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) hearing.

And, thank you to everyone who has spoken out and taken action for a Clean Energy Iowa in the past year!

Yesterday, we made it clear that Iowans will not stand for the Bakken Pipeline. But, the fight is not over yet.

This is what we’re doing next:

• The IUB is holding evidentiary hearings over the next three weeks: our legal team is presenting on Dec. 1 to lay out our evidence against the pipeline.

• We are calling on EPA Region 7 to revoke Army Corps of Engineers’ pipeline permits.

• We’re going to put pressure on the DNR during their hearings on state land permits to say #nobakken– stay tuned for details on this!

We will be your eyes and ears in the evidentiary hearings, but there is a livestream available starting Monday, Nov. 16 at 9 am.

IUB will rule on the pipeline permit late December or early next year. We will keep you updated as this fight moves forward!