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A petition against the XL Pipeline.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Kate French <info@northernplains.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ann Rennacker<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Breaking: Northern Plains sues Trump Administration over Keystone XL to protect our water</font>
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Dedicated to protecting our water</div>
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Dear Ann,</p>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">From the very beginning, Northern Plains members have put everything on the line to protect Montana’s water. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Today we’re facing one of the greatest threats to our water in recent memory: the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">Keystone
XL would carry dirty, carbon-intensive tar sands from Alberta through Montana to the Gulf Coast for export. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Crossing two of Montana’s most iconic and critical waterways — the Missouri and the Yellowstone Rivers — Keystone XL poses a very real threat to our water. </span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Montanans have enough experience with ruptured oil pipelines </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">— </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">especially
beneath the Yellowstone River </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">— </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px">that we know the costs of a spill are too high. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When our water is threatened, so are our communities and our way of life. </span></span></div>
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<div><strong><a style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:rgb(153,51,51)" href="https://northernplains.secure.force.com/track/apex/sbm__sbx_emaillinktracking?id=a0E5000000JZXFP&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO" target="_blank">That's
why we just filed a lawsuit challenging Keystone XL's presidential permit</a></strong>.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We need you to stand strong with us, against the greedy interests that want to force this pipeline across our state. </span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Are you with us? </span></span><a style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:rgb(153,51,51)" href="https://northernplains.secure.force.com/track/apex/sbm__sbx_emaillinktracking?id=a0E5000000JZVvI&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO" target="_blank">Sign
our petition today</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px">. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Together,</span></span></div>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kate French </span></span></strong></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chair, Northern Plains Resource Council</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">P.S. You can stand strong in defense of our water. </span></span><a style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:rgb(153,51,51)" href="https://northernplains.secure.force.com/track/apex/sbm__sbx_emaillinktracking?id=a0E5000000JZVvI&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO&cmid=00v50000022JRY7AAO" target="_blank">Take
action today</a>.</div>
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