For seven years, Indigenous organizations, primarily led by women, and allied environmental groups have taken every route possible to stop oil company Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline.
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“… Enbridge just lost its social license. It is now operating illegally, and it’s very important to point out that they’re a rogue corporation. I think the federal government should take note of how they are basically bullying their way through the Great Lakes and putting all of this at risk,” LaDuke continued.
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“Sixty-eight-million people rely upon this water that comes from up here in Northern Minnesota, and it goes all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico,” one water protector said.
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"Rejecting #KeystoneXL was a clear break from Trump’s fossil fuel giveaways. The same logic applies to Line 3, which would lock in fossil fuel dependence for decades to come." Over 350 groups just sent a letter urging @POTUS Joe Biden to #StopLine3: http://priceofoil.org/letter-to-biden-line-3
The March 6 Water Protector Defendant Gathering near Palisade Minnesota brought almost two hundred Minnesotans together to celebrate spring, in a festive and yet sobering convening.
Tania Aubid is on day 20 now on her hunger strike to #StopLine3 — here is why
A Thief River Falls non-profit providing emergency services to victims of domestic and sexual violence says its seen an increase in demand for help since construction began on the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
A document submitted to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from the Violence Intervention Project (VIP) says local women and girls are getting verbally harassed by Line 3 workers, too.
Take a Listen and Watch our Video: On February 20, 2021 a group of women took a journey of 80+miles of destruction starting at the Shell River to the iconic Itasca State Park where generations have walked on stones across the Mississippi Headwaters.
Video: More Perfect Union - Congresswoman @IlhanMN has a message for the Biden Administration: #StopLine3
Video: Native Report was present at a stand against the Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project along an Enbridge construction site in Palisade, Minn., on Dec. 17th, 2020.
” …Of those in attendance was Honor the Earth’s Executive Director Winona LaDuke of the White Earth Nation. She’s an internationally renowned environmental and political activist who’s been opposed to Enbridge’s Line 3 project since its infancy. Native Report spoke with her one-on-one to learn more about her passion against the project.”
“ … Native tribes and faith leaders are together calling on President Joe Biden to intervene in the ongoing construction of the long-contested Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota.
Nearly 3,800 people have signed a petition organized by Interfaith Power & Light. The petition, along with a separate letter signed by 345 faith leaders and organizations, asks that the president use executive actions to stop the $2.6 billion Enbridge Energy project — a 1,097-mile replacement pipeline that, once complete, would transport daily 915,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands oil, which produces larger quantities of greenhouse gas emissions than typical crude oil.”