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Joint Press Release Jan. 11 2021: Hundreds of Water Protectors Walk Onto Line 3 Worksite, 8 Arrested
Hundreds of Water Protectors Walk Onto Line 3 Worksite, 8 Arrested
(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.
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
Manidoo Giizisoons 7, Little Spirit Moon.
A good day for the Rivers, Another day when they are protected.
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
Two tribes are urging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to stay a handful of orders approving aspects of a proposed Enbridge Energy Partners LP pipeline, saying construction should not proceed until a state court has weighed in on various appeals.
Group Cites Peak Covid Cases in State, Threats to Natives, Increases in Greenhouse Gases
ALL 13 MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY’S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP RESIGN IN PROTEST OVER PCA’S APPROVAL OF LINE 3 PERMITS LAST WEEK, CALLING IT A “WAR ON BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE” – AND A STAB AT SHORT-TERM JOBS
Walz Administration Ignores Line 3 Threat to Clean Water, Climate, and Communities
MPCA approves water crossing permit for the pipeline despite risks to waterways, wetlands, Tribes
The contested case hearing will put the proposed 340-mile pipeline's 401 certification, a permit awarded by a state's regulators if the project's impact on water falls within the state's standards, in front of an administrative law judge to examine additional evidence and testimony on the project. Federal agencies cannot issue a federal permit or license without a state approving the 401 certification.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Honor the Earth, Youth Climate Interveners and the Sierra Club File Petitions for Reconsideration on Recent Line 3 Approvals by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
“There is a lot of new evidence and changed circumstances,” said Scott Strand, attorney for Friends of the Headwaters, an environmental group opposing Line 3. “Our case is stronger. [Oil] demand is gone, and it’s not going to snap right back up. There are long-term demand problems.”
On Friday, May 1, 2020, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) found the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) adequate for the proposed Line 3 Pipeline and reissued the Certificate of Need (CN) and new Route Permit (RP) for it. The project would transport expensive and dirty tar sands crude oil from Alberta, Canada, across northern Minnesota to foreign markets, now glutted with oil after the arrival of a global pandemic that has wiped out demand.
LEGAL CHALLENGE TO MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY WATER QUALITY PERMITS FOR LINE 3 FILED BY SELECT MINNESOTA TRIBES AND MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALLS FOR CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS