Environmental Awareness Committee's Save Our Sacred (S.O.S.) Earth Campaign

One of the few active proposals for a new oil refinery in the U.S. is in North Dakota, where the refinery would be located on the indigenous lands of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) on the Fort Berthold reservation. Triad, Inc. is pushing for development of this refinery. Local residents are bravely resisting this and need financial support. North Dakota is supposed to be the "Saudi Arabia of wind" -- not Saudi Arabia! Area residents already suffer from severe coal plant pollution. This proposed oil refinery would be the first to be built without any air pollution permits!

See links below for more info:

• Tribal refinery plan draws national attention (NPR 8/23/2006)
• Fort Berthold residents question proposed oil refinery (Indian Country Today, 8/16/2006)
• Tex Hall loses re-election bid at Fort Berthold (Indianz.com, 11/9/2006) - see archive of other related news stories here
• Environmental Awareness Committee Group opposes intended refinery (Refinery Reform Campaign press release, 3/9/2004)

• Environmental Protection Agency: Final Environmental Impact Statement
• Pro-refinery page run by the leadership of the Three Affiliated Tribes

http://www.energyjustice.net/oil/nd/