Require Tribal consent for projects affecting Tribal Nations

Warren opposes the Keystone XL, Dakota Access, and Line 3 pipelines, citing threats to waters, lands, agricultural areas, and Tribal Nations, including the absence of full Tribal consent. She commits to revoke improperly granted permits for those pipelines and reject permits for new projects when appropriate processes are not followed. She believes that, absent extraordinary circumstances, projects or federal decisions that significantly affect Tribal communities should not proceed without the affected Tribal Nation’s free, prior, and informed consent.

Context: The consent position includes an exception for extraordinary circumstances; the source does not define that exception.

In their own words

no project, development, or federal decision significantly impacting tribal communities

The source

Tackling the Climate Crisis Head On | Elizabeth Warren

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