Line 3, still protesting
Line 3: protests over pipeline through tribal lands spark clashes and mass arrests
Police arrested more than 100 people this week as activists try to block the expansion of the pipeline
KLX is dead
Months after President Biden revoked the Keystone XL permit, TC Energy Corp in conjunction with the Albertan provincial government, have voiced their decision to abandon the project.
After 13 years of concerted efforts by Indigenous-led environmental frontline actions, the pipeline, which would have carried upwards of 35 million gallons of crude oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast, is DEAD.
“The end of KXL is an affirmation that persistence works, that intersectional organizing works, and that when we center our efforts in our Indigenous values and in our respect for water, land, and our people, we win.” — Jade Begay, Climate Justice Campaign Director for the NDN Collective.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004908006/developer-abandons-keystone-xl-pipeline-project-ending-decade-long-battle
Indigenous women fight back
Enbridge, the Canadian energy company behind Line 3, claims it is merely replacing a 60-year-old pipeline that is likely to corrode and leak if it isn’t updated. But opponents see the plan as an expansion of it, because it will carry twice the amount of oil. Houska says Line 3 violates Anishinaabe rights granted under the 1837 White Pine Treaty by endangering wild rice, a plant unique to the region and sacred to her tribe. The pipeline faces legal challenges from tribes, environmental groups, and even the Minnesota Department of Commerce, all of which say the environmental risks far exceed the need for additional oil.
A pipeline is threatening their homeland. Indigenous women are fighting back.
To tribal attorney Tara Houska, the fight against the Line 3 pipeline is a fight for future generations.
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PIPELINE RESISTANCE
One Tribe’s Fight to Protect the Great Lakes
The Bay Mills Indian Community is fighting efforts to extend the life of a dangerous oil pipeline that runs through its tribal territory and one of the world’s most sensitive ecosystems.
End DAPL
Tell President Joe Biden to stop DAPL once and for all. Protect the planet and the Lakota people. No destruction of the earth. No endangering our water. Mni wiconi — water is life. Sigh the petition here
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Opposition to Line 3 Mounts – UNICORN RIOT
Saint Paul, MN – Around 600 people gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 29, calling on President Biden to revoke permits for the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline project. The protest billed as ‘Protect the Water, Revoke the Permits’ started at Kellogg Park and marched into downtown to the local Army Corps of […]
What Really Happened at Standing Rock
Chase Iron Eyes, a member of the Great Sioux Nation and Lead Counsel for the Lakota People’s Law Project talks about Standing Rock.
What Really Happened at Standing Rock | I Was There
Correction: An archival source was named incorrectly in the credits of this video. The footage was provided by Digital Smoke Signals NOT Digital Smoke Screens. To see more of their work please visit: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalSmokeSignals/ In 2016, indigenous water protectors and their allies gathered at Standing Rock to oppose the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River.
Win for Water Protectors
On Thursday, September 10, 2020, in a long-awaited ruling, United States District Court Judge Daniel Traynor (District of North Dakota) allowed a lawsuit challenging law enforcement’s 2016 use of fire hoses and munitions against water protectors opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to move forward with discovery. The case had been stalled for more than two years after Morton County and other defendants filed a motion asking the court to dismiss the case.
https://waterprotectorlegal.org/victory-for-water-protectors/