Things are moving forward quickly! The 2018 election provided a mandate for progressive policies that can safeguard our future. Newly elected Indigenous women who spent time at Standing Rock are championing a Green New Deal to confront the single most important issue of our time: the health and wellbeing of our climate and our Grandmother Earth. And today, the revival of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is capturing the attention of the nation as we aspire to significant climate action.

Last week, we went to New Mexico to interview Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native women to be elected to US Congress. In our new video, she talks about why the Green New Deal is so important. This ambitious plan, proposed by her fellow congresswoman-elect, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, would create jobs, stimulate our economy, and transition us away from fossil fuels.

Deb and Alexandria need your support now! Use this advocacy form to send a letter to your House and Senate reps urging them to support the passage of a Green New Deal inclusive of Indigenous rights and leadership. Let’s also make sure Congresswoman-elect Haaland is appointed to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

At Standing Rock, we stood against the Dakota Access pipeline, but we didn’t stop there. We’re now bringing solar to the people through our #GreenTheRez initiative, and we’ll keep working until Standing Rock is fully energy independent and 100 percent green.

Ocasio-Cortez, Haaland and their fellow progressives are leading a grand, spiritual awakening through the Green New Deal movement. And the Lakota People’s Law Project is helping to bring that vision to Indian Country and infuse it with Native wisdom. The Green New Deal must be implemented now, and to be just it should include Native leadership and connection to the land. Help us amplify our voices in the halls of Congress. Your action today will help keep Unci Maka habitable and pristine for future generations.

Wopila — Thank you for your advocacy!

Chase Iron Eyes
Lead Counsel
Lakota People's Law Project

P.S. Please email your representatives today and tell them to support the Green New Deal with a strong focus on climate justice for Native people. Tell them to include Deb Haaland in its decision making and direction. For too long, we have been excluded from energy policy and disproportionately affected by the ravages of the fossil fuel industry. We helped lead the way here. We must not be forgotten again at this critical hour.

Lakota People's Law Project
547 South 7th #149
Bismarck, ND 58504-5859
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The Lakota People's Law Project is part of the Romero Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) law and policy center. All donations are tax-deductible.

​JPMorgan Chase is the largest funder of fossil fuels on Wall Street. In 2017, they even increased their funding of tar sands companies by 400%.[2] Massive infrastructure projects like the Keystone XL pipeline depend almost entirely on loans from major financial institutions. By cutting off the flow of cash, we can cut off the flow of oil and gas. [3]

We know what motivates big financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase — profit and publicity. Last year, activists and community members across the country (including some of you reading this now) got the World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas[4] extraction after a sustained campaign of pressure and shame. This strategy has worked before, and it can work again here.

People have already been fighting JPMorgan Chase tooth and nail from coast to coast for over a year. These days, CEO Jamie Dimon can’t go anywhere in public without being confronted by activists. [5] Let’s keep up the pressure.

You can help this campaign by flooding JPMorgan Chase executives' inboxes with demands that they stop bankrolling climate disaster.

Part of the strategy of driving the fossil fuel industry out of existence involves making them unwelcome at all financial institutions. By raising our voices as one, we can show JPMorgan Chase that the consequences of backing companies like TransCanada and Enbridge far outweigh any short term potential profits.

If JPMorgan Chase backs out of funding fossil fuels, it will send a powerful message to financial institutions worldwide that the time to pull out of the fossil fuel industry is now. We have the power to bring oil, coal, and gas billionaires to their knees, but only if we take action. Let’s seize the moment.

Onward,

Alec Connon - 350Seattle
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[1]  Keystone XL pipeline, Bank Track
[2]  Extreme Fossil Fuel Investments Have Surged Under Donald Trump, The Guardian
[3]  To Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, We Need to Stop the Flow of Dollars, The Stranger 
[4]  World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction, The Guardian
{5]  Wherever Dimon Goes, Activists Turn His Speeches into Spectacles, Bloomberg
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