Citizen¡¯s groups on Friday delivered a petition with more than 11,300 signatures to three of Japan¡¯s mega-banks to demand they halt funding for the Dakota Access Pipeline reinstated by U.S. President Donald Trump.
A group of concerned citizens started the online petition last December at Change.org. They are calling on Mizuho Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group to withdraw their funding for the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying the $3.7 billion project threatens Lake Oahe, the indigenous Standing Rock Sioux Nation¡¯s only source of drinking water in North Dakota.
The three banks did not disclose the amount of money they¡¯ve put up, but according to Food & Water Watch, a Washington-based nongovernmental organization, they have more than $1.4 billion invested in the project.
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