Protesters demonstrate against the Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline in northwestern Minnesota on Dec. 17, 2020. (Sarah LittleRedfeather/Honor the Earth)
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.
Join an online panel discussion featuring:
• Skip Sandman, Fond du Lac Ojibwe elder and spiritual leader and former candidate for Congress• Taysha Martineau, water protector and member of the Gitchigumi Scouts
• Michele Naar-Obed, Four Necessity Valve Turner and leader of Hildegard House Catholic Worker Community
• Shawn Carr, organizer with the American Indian Movement Duluth Chapter
• Mysti Babineau, Climate Justice Organizer with Minnesota 350
Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project to double the capacity of that tar sands pipeline is the Midwest’s latest black snake. It needlessly risks spreading COVID-19 and increasing human trafficking in our communities, violates Anishinaabe treaty rights, threatens our water, and worsens the climate crisis.