Why do people protest the Dakota
Access Pipeline? (1 point)
• The pipeline occupies Plymouth
Rock in Massachusetts.
This pipeline poses risks to the
• environment, health, and human rights.
The pipeline damages land promised to the Sioux Nation under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
• The pipeline stops hydropower projects in native Sámi lands.
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People protest the Dakota Access Pipeline primarily because it poses risks to the environment, public health, and human rights. Additionally, the pipeline infringes upon land promised to the Sioux Nation under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and it also prevents hydropower projects in native Sámi lands.
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