Comment EI-32266
Received or sent (printed as 9/25/2022)
I oppose Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City (KCS) Southern railroad merger! We cannot continue to repeat the patterns that have us in this mess of corporate power/greed & environmental destruction. This merger would nearly double the number of trains running through the White Earth Nation, as well as through the territory ceded in the 1855 Treaty. CP/KCS wants to use these trains to ship crude oil from Canada to Mexico. CP and KCS both generate billions of dollars in revenue each year and stand to earn even more as a result of increased efficiency from the merger. The communities impacted by the trains won't see a dime of that money even though they need to go through reservation territory, as well as the 1855 Treaty territory to ship their products. This is climate injustice! I oppose this merger! However, if it is ultimately approved, then given the danger it poses to native people and nature CP/KCS must set aside sufficient funds to pay for any damage that their trains may cause. Increased noise/pollution from these trains running through the territory & oil pipelines threaten the nibi and manoomin in ceded territories. If oil were to leak or spill, it could permanently erode the land & native’s right to fully use and enjoy this territory.
Submitted by: Kelsey Brodt · Coon Rapids, MN
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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