TC Energy, with the Backing of Homeland Security, is moving forward with Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic.
TC Energy, formerly TransCanada, is trying to take Advantage of the Crisis we are in right now. Trump’s Homeland Security just Classified Keystone XL Pipeline “Essential Work” and they are Rushing to Start Construction, putting Indigenous and Rural Communities at Risk of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
This puts Native Americans at a Greater Risk of getting the Coronavirus with an Influx of Workers coming to their Territories.
Hospitals and Indian Health Services along the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Route are already Ill-Equipped to Deal with the Coronavirus Public Health Threat.
Rural & Tribal Communities Call on TC Energy to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Activity Due to Coronavirus Public Health Threat
As the public health emergency from the novel coronavirus forces social distancing and community lockdowns, TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) is about to endanger thousands of workers by sending them into rural and Tribal communities along the path of its proposed Keystone XL pipeline that are unequipped to handle the public health threat, in addition to the increased crime and sexual violence – especially targeting Indigenous women – arising from pipeline worker “man camps.”
This is a time when recognizing the health and safety of everyone – especially the most vulnerable and marginalized communities – is integral to the health and safety of our entire country. That’s why we are all making sacrifices to protect our friends, families, and neighbors.
TC Energy must immediately halt all “pre-construction” activity on the Keystone XL project and recall all workers it has already dispatched into the small rural and Tribal communities of Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.
CLICK HERE to Demanding the Protection of Native Communities and a Stop to Any Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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