Ten great #nobakken quotes
Thank you to the 150 of you who dedicated your time to saying no to the Bakken Pipeline at the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) hearing.
Here are some great quotes from the day:
“Iowa soil does not come with a price tag. It cannot be bought by a company that only stands for big profits. Members of the Iowa Utilities Board, I ask that you stand with me – with Iowa – and vote to oppose the Bakken Oil Pipeline.” - Melonie Stall, Huxley
“For economic and worker justice, we need to end our addiction to fossil fuels.” - Ross Grooters, Pleasant Hill
“If you approve this pipeline, you are assisting in the destruction of Planet Earth.” - Jess Mazour, Des Moines
“Dakota Access isn’t a utility company, others that received eminent domain were utilities. Dakota Access is an intrastate crude oil pipeline, and I believe under Iowa law, they can’t take eminent domain for taking agricultural land. Where is the projected profit and loss statement for this project? We only saw their projected expenses. Why? Afraid to show the amount? How many oil pipelines has Energy Transfer put in? How did their board of directors allow a project of this magnitude without knowing the projected profit? Maybe we should ask Rick Perry, a board member. When it leaks do we sue the Iowa Utilities Board? Dakota Access has already circumvented the Iowa Code twice. How many more times? - Bill Alexander, Ottumwa
“The Bakken pipeline is manifest destiny at terminal velocity. The Lorax spoke for the trees- I speak for Earth and all species. This pipeline is wrong for Iowa.” - Jack Troeger, Terra-ist.
“The voices that we do not hear today need to be considered. They are the voices of future generations who will be impacted most by the pipeline decision and the risks this pipeline poses.” - Patti Edwardson, Churdan
“This procedure appears to be rigged. And is an abuse of the public trust.” - Mark Edwards, Boone
"Our climate crisis is real and fossil fuels are a leading contributor. … Always remember, there are no jobs on a dead planet." - Carrie Fisher, Des Moines
“This issue is not a question of the safety of pipelines or rail. It is not a question of jobs. It is a question of an inhabitable world. It is a question of 'we the people’." - Ann Christensen, Iowa City
“Dakota Access, let’s be clear:
we don’t want your pipeline here.”