The construction of the pipeline endangers local women and girls and infringes upon the rights of the rice, the land, the water, the nonhuman beings and the people. IndigenousPeoplesDay
. But the global majority, especially Indigenous peoples, are the ones who suffer the most damage to land, health and waters—though wealthy countries of the Global North have done the most damage to the Earth, all in the name of profits.
“When the oil hit the shore on Sunday in my home state of California, one of the first things officials did was to close the beaches, because it is so dangerous to breathe the fumes or come into contact with that oil,” said Kassie Siegel, director of the Climate Law Institute and senior counsel at the Center for Biological Diversity. “And yet, communities are exposed to these very same chemicals every single day, with no warnings and no protection.
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