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STAND AGAINST PIPELINE: Gathering in Opposition to Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project

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. You can watch more Native Report here: https://www.pbs.org/show/native-report/

Posted by Native Report (WDSE/WRPT) on Thursday, February 18, 2021

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Visit this website to order a sign by visiting www.honortheearthmerchandise.com/yardsigns/protectourwater. Artwork by Christi Belcourt. Graphics by Sarah LittleRedfeather

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Artwork by Christi Belcourt. Graphics by Sarah LittleRedfeather

Lily Tomlin, Winona LaDuke, & Jane Fonda

Photo by Sarah LittleRedfeather of Honor the Earth

Artwork by Isaac Murdoch of the Onaman Collective.

Amy Ray & Emily Saliers of the Indigo GirlsPhoto by Sarah LittleRedfeather of Honor the EarthArtwork by Isaac Murdoch of the Onaman Collective.

Amy Ray & Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls

Photo by Sarah LittleRedfeather of Honor the Earth

Artwork by Isaac Murdoch of the Onaman Collective.

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PUBLISHED IN THE STAR TRIBUNE JANUARY 31, 2021

A broad and growing movement says the time is now to stop line 3

an open letter to Minnesota decision makers

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Since 2014, thousands of Minnesotans have shown up at hearings, talked to neighbors, written letters, and organized in their communities to oppose Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. Line 3 is a clear danger to our climate, water, and land in Minnesota, and would undermine the Indigenous treaty rights of the Anishinaabe people.

Climate scientists warn that we must keep the vast majority of known fossil fuels reserves in the ground, and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions before 2030.[1] Climate scientist John Abraham has shown that building Line 3 would be the climate change equivalent of 50 coal plants.[2] This project would cost society $287 billion in climate impacts in its first 30 years of operation. That risk in unacceptable. Simply put: no one can be a leader on climate change and support this project — a choice must be made.

Enbridge’s route crosses the 1854 and 1855 treaty territory where Anishinaabe people retain the right to hunt, fish, gather medicines, and harvest wild rice. The impact of construction - or worse, an oil spill - would permanently damage their ability to exercise these rights. Three tribal governments and hundreds of Anishinaabe and Dakota community members in Minnesota are actively opposing this pipeline. Building Line 3 would carry on a legacy of state-sanctioned oppression of Indigenous people.

The proposed route for Line 3 crosses 227 lakes and rivers, including the Mississippi River and rivers that feed directly into Lake Superior, putting those waterways at risk of a spill from the 760,000 barrels of tar sands oil that would flow through Line 3 every day. Tar sands oil sinks in water, making it nearly impossible to clean up from wetland areas. A spill could destroy prize fishing lakes and sacred wild rice beds, and gut the local economy. Enbridge’s negligent spill of over 1 million gallons of tar sands oil from its aging Line 6B into the Kalamazoo River in 2010 demonstrated the immensity of the threat, with a cleanup cost of over $1.2 billion. Unfortunately, Enbridge’s newer pipelines are no safer: since 2002, Enbridge has had 73 spills due to equipment installed less than 10 years prior to the incident.[3] Enbridge should not be trusted near precious waterways like the Mississippi River.

In the largest public comment period on Line 3, 94% of the comments submitted opposed the pipeline. Protecting our lakes and rivers, cleaning up polluting pipelines currently in the ground, and moving to a clean energy economy will create many more jobs than pipeline construction. We must not let fossil fuel companies build long-lasting, dangerous projects like Line 3.

According to the state’s own analysis, Enbridge failed to demonstrate Line 3 was needed, and didn’t provide a legally required oil demand forecast - a part of the process that is even more critical in a world of rapidly changing oil markets and climate policy. The Minnesota Department of Commerce recommended that Line 3 be denied approval,[4] and the judge responsible for presiding over the case and issuing a legal recommendation said that Enbridge’s proposal did not meet the standards set by Minnesota law.

I urge Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and all Minnesota state leadership to stand firm against the Line 3 pipeline. The facts are not in Enbridge’s favor, and the time for climate action is now. A thoughtful, science-based approach shows a clear conclusion: Line 3 must not be built.

Signed,

  • Tara Houska, Founder of Giniw Collective

  • Frank Bibeau, Executive Director of the 1855 Treaty Authority

  • Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth

  • Gaagigeyaashiik Dawn Goodwin, Co-Founder of RISE Coalition

  • Joe Vital, Chair of the Native People’s Caucus of the Minnesota DFL

  • Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA

  • Gina McCarthy, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Natural Resources Defense Council and former head of the EPA

  • Bill Grant, Former Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce

  • Jane Fonda, Founder of Fire Drill Fridays

  • Sam Grant, Executive Director of MN350

  • Nicole Rom, Executive Director of Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy

  • Francisco Segovia, Executive Director of Communities Organizing Latinx Power & Action (COPAL)

  • Ginger Cassady, Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network

  • Varshini Prakash, Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement

  • Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club

  • Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Action

  • Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director of Amazon Watch

  • Mark Herwig, retired editor of Pheasants Forever (1998-2018), Carlton County recreational landowner and practitioner of sustainable forestry, and freelance writer

  • May Boeve, Executive Director of 350.org

  • Bill McKibben, Author & Founder of 350.org

  • Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, North American Director of 350.org

  • Julia Nerbonne, Executive Director of Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

  • Margaret Levin, State Director of the Sierra Club North Star Chapter

  • Kieran Suckling, Executive Director of the Center for Biological Diversity

  • Elizabeth Bast, Executive Director of Oil Change International

  • Jane Kleeb, Founder of Bold Nebraska and Bold Alliance

  • Kayla Soren, Founder & Executive Director of the International Student Environmental Coalition

  • Andrew Butts, Founder of Green Neighbor Challenge

  • Dany Sigwalt, Co-Executive Director of the Power Shift Network

  • Nadya Dutchin, Co-Executive Director of the Power Shift Network

  • Lena Rodriguez, Founder & Director of Revolution Coalition Network

  • Veda Kanitz, Chair of the Minnesota DFL Environmental Caucus

  • Brenna Doheny, PhD, MPH, Executive Director of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate

  • Paula Maccabee, Advocacy Director and Counsel, WaterLegacy

  • Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth

  • Andrew Friedman, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy

  • Elianne Farhat, Executive Director of TakeAction Minnesota

  • Craig Altemose, Executive Director of Better Future Project

  • Mike Tauber, Director of Northern Water Alliance MN

  • Todd Paglia, J.D., L.L.M, Executive Director of Stand.earth

  • Tzeporah Berman, Founder and Chair of the Fossil Fuel Nonproliferation Treaty & International Program Director at Stand.Earth

  • Marie Venner, Co-Chair of Catholic Network US

  • Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel, Director of the Center for Sustainable Justice at Lyndale United Church of Christ

  • Katya and Mark Gordon, Owners of Amicus Adventure Sailing LLC

  • Valeria Costa, Interim Executive Director of 350 Seattle

  • Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Co-Director of Signal Fire

  • Mary Shesgreen, Chair of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice

  • Kristin Schafer, Executive Director of Pesticide Action Network

  • Jaylani Hussein, Executive Director of CAIR-Minnesota

  • Marian Moore, Producer and Financial Activist

  • Ann Bancroft, Explorer & Author

  • Sean Sherman, CEO & Founder of the Sioux Chef and NATIFS.org

  • Tamara Roske, Executive Director of EarthGuardians

  • Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Co-Chair of EarthGuardians

  • Carroll Muffett, President & CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law

  • Matt Remle, Co-founder of Mazaska Talks

  • Jennifer Krill, Executive Director of Earthworks

  • Bonnie Raitt, Musician & Activist

  • Chris Paine, Director of Friends of the Earth

  • Teresa Mosqueda, Councilmember of the City of Seattle

  • Timothy DenHerder-Thomas, General Manager of Cooperative Energy Futures

  • Bon Iver, Artist

  • Doomtree, Artist

  • Slug of Atmosphere, Artist

  • Cloud Cult, Artist

  • Michael Martin, CEO of Effect Partners

  • Jeffrey Broberg, Director of the Minnesota Well Owners Association

  • Matthew Allen (Nur-D), Artist

  • Jan Joannides, Executive Director of Renewing the Countryside

  • Laurie Schneider, Executive Director of Pollinator Friendly Alliance

  • Deanna White, State Director of Clean Water Action

  • Amy Ray, Indigo Girls

  • Emily Saliers, Indigo Girls

  • Jack Johnson, Musician and Environmentalist

  • Kathryn Hoffman, CEO of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

  • Izzy Laderman, Founder of Disability Awareness Around the Climate Crisis

  • Jeremy Messersmith, Songwriter

  • Randy Bryce, Activist

  • Christopher Smith, Chair of the Conservation Committee of the Minnesota Herpetological Society

  • Dr. Donn Viviani, Former Director of EPA Climate Policy Division + Former Chairman of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board’s Toxic Substances Committee

  • Rebekah Sale, Executive Director of Property Rights and Pipeline Center

  • Jevetta Steele, Singer / Actree / Playwright

  • Jearlyn Steele, Musician

  • Whitney Clark, Executive Director of Friends of the Mississippi River

  • Patricia Hampl, Writer & Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota

  • Ka Hsaw Wa, Executive Director of EarthRights International

  • Erin Rupp, Founder & Executive Director of Pollinate Minnesota

  • Matthew Schaut, President of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter

  • Mark Sanstead, Vice President of Hastings Environmental Protectors

  • Pearl Jam, Musicians

  • David Huckfelt, Musician & Water Protector

  • Nina Utne, Owner of Lily Springs Farm

  • Greg Brown, Musician

  • Dan Buettner, Founder of Blue Zones

  • Nor Hall, Author

  • Roger Hale, Retired Executive

  • Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs, Director of Racial Justice for the Minnesota Council of Churches

  • Will Steger, Polar Explorer & Educator

  • Kyle Samejima, Executive Director of Minneapolis Climate Action

  • Kristel Porter, Executive Director of MN Renewable Now

  • Lauren Windsor, Executive Director of American Family Voices

  • James Reents, Pipeline Working Group Leader of the Northern Water Alliance of Minnesota

  • Doran Schrantz, Executive Director of ISAIAH

  • Kandace Montgomery, Co-Executive Director of Black Visions

  • Rahhel Haile, Co-Executive Director of the Minnesota Youth Collective

  • Emily Wellen, Co-Executive Director of the Minnesota Youth Collective

  • Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, MN District 42B

  • Sen. Mary Kunesh-Podein, MN District 41

  • Rep. Hodan Hassan, MN District 62A

  • Rep. Sydney Jordan, MN District 60A

  • Rep. Alice Hausman, MN District 66A

  • Rep. Jamie Long, MN District 61B

  • Rep. Carlos Mariani Rosa, MN District 65B

  • Sen. John Marty, MN District 66

  • Rep. Jim Davnie, MN District 63A

  • Rep. Fue Lee, MN District 59A

  • Rep. Aisha Gomez, MN District 62B

  • Rep. Todd Lippert, MN District 20B

  • Rep. Frank Hornstein, MN District 61A

  • Rep. Athena Hollins, MN District 66B

  • Sen. Omar Fateh, MN District 62

  • Sen. Lindsey Port, MN District 56

  • Rep. Esther Agbaje, MN District 59B

  • Rep. Liz Boldon, MN District 25B

  • Sen. Jen McEwen, MN District 7

  • Rep. Kelly Morrison, MN District 33B

  • Sen. Patricia Torres-Ray, MN District 63

  • Rep. Cedrick Frazier, MN District 45A

  • Rep. Sandra Feist, MN District 41B

  • Rep. Liz Reyer, MN District 51B

  • Rep. Sandra Masin, MN District 51A

  • Rep. Samantha Vang, MN District 40B

  • Sen. Scott Dibble, MN District 61

  • Sen. Erin Murphy, MN District 64

  • Rep. Heather Keeler, MN District 04A

  • Sen. Sandy Pappas, MN District 65

  • Sen. Chris Eaton, MN District 40

  • Rep. Dave Pinto, MN District 64B

  • Rep. Jay Xiong, MN District 67B

  • Rep. Jess Hanson, MN District 56A

  • Rep. Mohamud Noor, MN District 60B

  • Rep. John Thompson, MN District 67A

  • Rep. Tina Liebling, MN District 26A

  • Rep. Mike Freiberg, MN District 45B

  • Gary Anderson, Duluth City Councilor, District 1

  • Joel Sipress, Duluth City Councilor, District 2

  • Mitra Jalali, St. Paul City Council Member, Ward 4

  • Ashley Grimm, St. Louis County Commissioner, District 3

  • Rita (Margarita) Ortega, Minneapolis Ward 9 City Council Candidate

  • Jason Chavez, Minneapolis Ward 9 City Council Candidate

  • Aisha Chughtai, Minneapolis Ward 10 City Council Candidate

  • Larry Kraft, St. Louis Park City Council Member

  • Jean Wagenius, Former Rep. of MN District 63B

  • Carolyn Laine, Former Sen. of MN District 41

  • Adriana Rimpel, Artist

  • Jean Ross, Board President of Vote-Climate

  • Mary Small, Legislative Director for Indivisible

  • Scott Ickes, Regional Coordinator for MN / SD / ND for Indivisible

  • Michael Noble, Executive Director of Fresh Energy

  • Ziggy Marley, Musician

  • Brittany Howard, Musician

  • Kevin Whelan, Program Manager for Minnesota Voice

  • Jade Begay, Climate Justice Director for NDN Collective

  • Logan Rieder, Co-Lead of Delano Climate Action

  • Mariam El-Khatib, Minnesota Chapter Lead of American Muslims for Palestine

  • Dave Matthews, Musician

  • Jess Anna Glover, Executive Director of the Land Stewardship Project

  • Greg Nammacher, President of SEIU Local 26

  • Felicia Philibert, Operations Director of Women for Political Change (WFPC)

  • Nikki Pieratos, NDN Fund Managing Director at NDN Collective

  • Devin Logan, Olympic Silver Medalist

  • Brita Sigourney, Olympic Bronze Medalist

  • Russ Adams, Resilient Cities and Communities

  • Larry Long, Artist

  • Keri Pickett, Film maker and photographer

  • Rose Roach & Mary C Turner, MN Nurses Association

  • Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action

  • Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Just Transition Director of Indigenous Climate Action

  • Sharon Day, Executive Director of Indigenous Peoples Task Force

  • Amy Engelbretson, Board Chair of Minnesota Indivisible Alliance

  • Bo Thao-Urabe, Executive and Network Director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders

  • Elona Street-Stewart, Synod Executive for the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (USA)

  • Rev. Ashley Horan, Organizing Strategy Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association

  • Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg, Shir Tikvah Congregation

  • Steve Newcom, Founding Director of the Kaleo Center for Faith, Justice, & Social Transformation

  • Rev. Arif Mamdani, First Universalist Church of Minneapolis

  • Maria Isa Perez-Hedges, Boricua Cultural Performing Artist & Activist

  • Dr. Cara Carlson, Director and Cultural & Community Builder at Anam Cara

  • Susan Raffo, Writer & Cultural Worker

  • Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of Science and Environmental Health Network

  • Janet MacGillivray, Executive Director of Seeding Sovereignty

  • Kristin Dooley, Director of Women Against Military Madness

  • Lori Cocking, Steering Committee of Indivisible Wright County

  • Ann Manning, Director of the Women’s Congress for Future Generations

  • Andrew Lewis, Seattle City Councilmember

  • Ronnie Cummins, International Director of Organic Consumers Association

  • Rev. Daniel Johnson, Twin Cities District of the United Methodist Church

  • Sean Gosiewski, Program Director for Resilient Cities and Communities

  • Rev. Ben Connelly, Reverend of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

  • Ryan Timlin, President of ATU Local 1005

  • Nick Faber, President of the St. Paul Federation of Educators

  • Helen Clanaugh, President of the Minnesota Young DFL

  • Curtiss DeYoung, CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches

  • Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember

  • Ginger Jentzen, Former Executive Director of 15 Now MN

  • Rev. Sharon Prestemon, Conference Minister & CEO of the Minnesota Conference United Church of Christ

  • Mike Lux, Chair of American Family Voices

  • Delaney Russell, Facilitator of Just Solar Coalition

  • Dr. Kate Knuth, Founder & Principal of Democracy and Climate LLC, Former Minnesota State Representative

  • Craig Loya, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota

  • Jigme Ugen, Executive Vice President of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

  • Alex West Steinman, Co-Founder & CEO of The Coven

  • Monica Meyer, Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota

  • Keith Olstad, Chair of the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

  • Duane Ninneman, Executive Director of Clean Up the River Environment (CURE)

  • Dr. Karen Wills, Executive Director of Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA)

  • Beth Gendler, Executive Director of NCJW Minnesota

  • Steve Morse, Executive Director of the Minnesota Environmental Parntership

  • Prudence Johnson, Musician & Bookseller at Birchbark Books

  • Freeman Wicklund, President of the Boundless Love Project and Mindfulness Teacher

  • Mike McDonald, President of the Twin Cities Chapter of Veterans for Peace (Ch 27)

  • Kiran Stordalen, Co-Owner I-N Intelligent

  • Nicole M R Thomas, Co-Owner I-N Intelligent

  • Dallas Goldtooth, Keep It In the Ground Campaigner with Indigenous Environmental Network

  • Tim Schaefer, State Director of Environment Minnesota

  • Jennifer Arnold, Co-Director of Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia

  • Dave Bleakney, 2nd National Vice President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

  • Linda Her, Executive Director of Asian American Organizing Project

  • Emilia Gonzales Avalos, Executive Director of Unidos MN

  • Dave Logsdon, Former National Vice-President of Veterans for Peace

  • RL Miller, DNC member and Founder of Climate Hawks Vote

  • Rita Allen, Co-Chair of the Twin Cities DSA

  • Bonnie Sundance MLS, Executive Director of Our Sacred Earth

Are you a movement leader or elected official who wants to add your name? Email akilah@powershift.org.

Are you a movement leader or elected official who wants to add your name? Email akilah@powershift.org.