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<h1>Seattle Divests From the Dakota Access Pipeline</h1>
<p><span>The full Seattle City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 7, 2017 to divest 3 billion dollars of their business from Wells Fargo Bank, a creditor for the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota. KBCS&rsquo;s Yuko Kodama recently spoke with YES!</span><span>&nbsp;senior editor James Trimarco on the phone about YES!&rsquo;s coverage of the divestment. Seattle is now the first municipality to&nbsp;</span><a href="/new-economy/seattle-just-divested-billions-from-wells-fargo-over-dakota-access-pipeline-20170207">divest from a bank because of the Dakota Access Pipeline</a><span>.</span></p>&#13;
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<p>This article originally appeared in <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org">Yes! Magazine</a> at <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2017/02/08/seattle-divests-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline">https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2017/02/08/seattle-divests-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline</a>.</p><link href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2017/02/08/seattle-divests-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline" rel="canonical"/><p>Yes! Magazine is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of ... . Learn more at <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org">Yes! Magazine</a></p><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.yesmagazine.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11536&ga4=G-74QJNNY44Z" style="width:1px;height:1px;">
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