
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Anthony Torres <<a href="mailto:anthony.torres@sierraclub.org" class="">anthony.torres@sierraclub.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">TransCanada Drops Keystone XL Lawsuit One Hour After Trump Approves Pipeline Project</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 24, 2017 at 12:15:22 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Anthony Torres <<a href="mailto:anthony.torres@sierraclub.org" class="">anthony.torres@sierraclub.org</a>></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">

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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">Hi all,</span><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">TransCanada just dropped its $15 billion NAFTA ISDS suit only after receiving final federal approval for their pipeline, this demonstrates just how dangerous our corporate trade system is to democratic governance.</div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><div class="">Please see our press release below and retweet here: <a href="https://twitter.com/SierraClub/status/845302442631811073" target="_blank" class="">https://twitter.com/<wbr class="">SierraClub/status/<wbr class="">845302442631811073</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Anthony</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; width: 650px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><table border="0" cellpadding="5" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Friday, March 24, 2017</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contact: </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Jonathon Berman <a href="tel:(202)%20495-3033" value="+12024953033" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3033</a> or </span><a href="mailto:your.name@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org</span></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cindy Carr <a href="tel:(202)%20495-3034" value="+12024953034" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3034</a> or </span><a href="mailto:your.name@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">cindy.carr@sierraclub.org</span></a></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fd-ec33-1407-72604806cd42" class=""><a href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/03/transcanada-drops-keystone-xl-nafta-lawsuit-one-hour-after-trump-approves" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">View as webpage</span></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">TransCanada Drops Keystone XL NAFTA Lawsuit One Hour After Trump Approves Pipeline Project</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">WASHINGTON, D.C.</span><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> -- This morning, Donald Trump </span><a href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/03/donald-trump-reverses-obama-s-correct-decision-keystone-xl-pipeline" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">reversed</span></a><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and within the hour, TransCanada, the company behind the massive pipeline project, announced it will drop its $15 billion North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) complaint against the U.S. over the project’s rejection. According to reports, TransCanada's threat to continue the NAFTA suit contributed to the White House decision to renege on Trump's promise that the pipeline would be made with U.S. steel. </span><span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">NAFTA allows multinational corporations like TransCanada to sue governments in tribunals of corporate lawyers, and to use such suits as leverage to extract policy changes. </span><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling spoke at a</span><a href="http://time.com/4712169/trump-keystone-pipeline-livestream/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">press conference</span></a><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> with Trump this morning.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">In response, Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program Director Ilana Solomon released the following statement:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-3037694914914897927docs-internal-guid-6d983b3b-00fc-ff54-378f-0a9aaaac4f92" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">"For all his bluster, the Keystone XL boondoggle exposes Donald Trump for the failed businessman that he is. TransCanada dropped this NAFTA lawsuit only after Donald Trump </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/844355614260318208" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">caved on his demand</span></a><span style="font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> that Keystone XL will be built with American steel. This is a crystal clear example of why corporate polluters back these anti-worker, anti-environment trade deals and offers further evidence that Donald Trump is losing on deal after deal. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-2404812171366206663gmail-m_8132008320481554130m_-30376949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