Demonstrators, led by activists from the Youth International Indigenous Environmental Network, gather in Bismarck, North Dakota to speak out against the proposed Dakota Access pipeline. Boosters say the pipeline will transport oil more safely and affordably than can be done by rail or truck. Opponents say the pipeline route is a clear case of environmental racism, the siting of environmentally dangerous infrastructure in or near poor communities of color, and that the oil should stay in the ground anyways, a necessary first step to mitigate worsening climate change.

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