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Mississippi Resistance
(Palisade and Haypoint, MN) Saturday morning, approximately three hundred water protectors and Anishinaabe jingle dress dancers gathered at the Mississippi River, where Enbridge’s Line 3 is preparing to drill.
December 29, 2020 – In less than a week’s time, new legal challenges to Line 3’s construction in northern Minnesota are being filed in state and federal courts. On December 24, 2020, Earthjustice, a national advocacy group, filed a legal challenge in Federal district court in Washington, D.C., against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 permit for Line 3, on behalf of the Red Lake and White Earth nations, Honor the Earth and the Sierra Club.
Known for its lead counsel on the Dakota Access Pipeline case in North Dakota, the Earthjustice suit cited four main claims, and asks for temporary and permanent injunctions to stop building the controversial tar sands pipeline in northern Minnesota.
A separate appeal of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s 401 certification was also recently filed by Friends of the Headwaters (FOH) on behalf of itself, Red Lake and White Earth tribes, Honor the Earth and the Sierra Club.
On December 14th, water protectors blockaded construction of the Line 3 drill pad under the Mississippi River. 22 were arrested, including a tree sitter who blocked construction for 10 days straight.
Biden Urged to Stand Against Line 3 as Water Protectors Battle Dirty Tar Sands Pipeline
"We fight on because we must."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
On December 7, we were informed that the Army Corps of Engineers informed the White Earth Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, that a Stop Work Order was in place at this location where Waaginoogan, or Anishinaabe lodge on the banks of the Mississippi. Army Corps of Engineers will be working with the White Earth Tribal Historic Preservation Officer.
BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES TO STOP LINE 3
