The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted 5-0 June 29, 2018, to approve construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands crude oil pipeline through 340 miles of northern Minnesota. The vote was a bitter disappointment to water protects and those concerned about Minnesota’s pristine lands and indigenous rights.
After a series of challenges to the PUC’s decision, the commission re-approved both Line 3’s Route Permit and Certificate of Need, this time passing 3-1, with PUC Commissioner Matt Schuerger writing a stinging dissent.
Construction began on Dec. 1, 2020. Legal challenges are pending in both the Minnesota Court of Appeals and in Federal District Court. There are substantive legal issues yet to be decided.
Official intervenors before the PUC have challenged the PUC’s decision before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The PUC’s decision has several weaknesses, leaving strong options for appeal. The PUC:
- Rejected the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s argument that Enbridge failed to meet state laws requiring the company to prove a new Line was needed based on crude oil demand.
- Rejected information in Line 3’s environmental impact statement saying the new Line 3 would create $287 billion in climate damage over three decades.
- Refused to acknowledge that treaty rights remained an open and legitimate issue.
- Rejected the clear conclusion from the Administrative Law Judge reviewing the case that it should not approve Enbridge’s preferred route because the costs outweighed the benefits.
Line 3 opponents are also challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Permit (Section 404) in federal district court. As of Jan. 20, neither state nor federal court cases have been heard.
Line 3 opponents have asked for a stay in construction until the legal cases are heard and decided.
Key Public Documents:
- Enbridge Line 3 Route Permit Application, April 23, 2015
- Enbridge Line 3 Certificate of Need Application, April 24, 2015
- Environmental Impact Statement: The PUC approved the final environmental impact statement Feb. 12, 2018.
- Administrative Law Judge Report on Line 3’s Certificate of Need and Route Permit: The report rejects Enbridge’s preferred route, based on a cost-benefit analysis. It leaves open the possibility of removing the existing Line 3 and rebuilding in the same trench. This would mean Line 3 continues to cross the Leech Lake and Fond du Lac reservations, a move opposed by tribes. It also would add more than $1 billion in costs to Enbridge. This option seems like a non starter.
- State Rules the PUC is supposed to use in evaluating the project.
- PUC Briefing Papers for final deliberations on Line 3
- PUC Website for Line 3
- E-Dockets Website (Search by Year = 14, Number = 916)
- PUC Staff Recommendations for Line 3, June 8, 2018
- Enbridge’s Tribal Economic Opportunity Plan, August 2018
- Honor the Earth’s Appeal of the Environmental Impact Statement, Aug. 8, 2018
- Friends of the Headwaters Appeal of the Environmental Impact Statement, Aug. 10, 2018
- Red Lake, White Earth, Mile Lacs Bands Appeal of the Environmental Impact Statement, Aug. 10, 2018
- PUC Order Approving Line 3 Certificate of Need, Sept. 5, 2018
- Enbridge’s Response to Request to Make Public its Insurance Coverage, Sept. 20, 2018
- Enbridge’s Application for State and Federal Water Body Crossing Permits, September, 2018
- Enbridge’s Anti-Degradation Assessment for its Water Crossing Permits, October, 2018
- Enbridge’s Worst Case Spill Analysis, Oct. 16, 2018
- PUC’s Approved Route Permit, Oct. 28, 2018
- PUC Order Approving Enbridge’s Modifications, Jan. 23, 2019
- Friends of the Headwaters, Honor the Earth, and Sierra Club Joint Appeal of Line 3’s Route Permit (Feb. 12, 2019)
- Minnesota Department of Commerce Appeal of Line 3’s Certificate of Need (March 29, 2019)
- Red Lake, White Earth, Honor the Earth, and Sierra Club Appeal of Line 3’s Certificate of Need (April 16, 2019)
- Friends of the Headwaters Appeal of Line 3′s Certificate of Need (April 16, 2019)
- Youth Climate Intervenors Appeal of Line 3’s Certificate of Need (April 18, 2019)
- Second Revised Environmental Impact Statement (Dec. 9, 2019)
- Revised Line 3 Certificate of Need, PUC, (May 1, 2020)
- Revised Line 3 Route Permit 2, PUC, (May 1, 2020)
- MPCA’s Draft 401 (water crossing) Certificate (March, 2020)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 (water crossing) permit (Nov. 23, 2020)
Below are resources to help you understand the proposal and why it is a bad idea for Minnesota.
Information Sheets:
Honor the Earth
- Honor the Earth Line 3 highlights
- Honor the Earth’s EIS Guide
- Support Tribal Environmental Impact Statement for Line 3 (Honor the Earth)
- Line 3 Abandonment Fact Sheet (Honor the Earth)
- Beyond DAPL: The Line 3 Battles Looms on the Horizon
- What is Line 3?
- Enbridge Line 3 Fact Sheet
Sierra Club North Star Chapter
- Tar Sands Fact Sheet
- Line 3 Fact Sheet
- Line 3 and Energy Security
- Line 3 and Treaty Rights Fact Sheet
Other Websites
Healing Minnesota Stories Blogs on Line 3 and related topics
Jan. 29, 2021: The Nibi Song, MN denies Enbridge drilling variance, and more
Jan. 26. 2021: Looking for the trifecta: Stopping DAPL, Keystone XL, and Enbridge Line 3
Jan. 23, 2021: Line 3 updates and images: What will Biden do?
Dec. 30, 2020: As Enbridge pushes Line 3 construction into high gear, legal and moral challenges demand it stop
Dec. 23, 2020: Corrections backs Aitkin County Jail following mass arrest, coronavirus complaints
Nov. 13, 2020: Governor envy
May 5, 2020: The difficulty of getting a clear answer on the protective coating on Enbridge Line 3’s pipes
May 3, 2020: A regulatory system gone belly-up: Deconstructing Line 3’s ‘Independent Monitors’
May 1, 2020: PUC reissues orders approving Line 3, Commissioner Schuerger dissents, lawsuits now back in play
April 28, 2018: Enbridge’s Line 3 pipes have sat in storage yards for years, exposed to the elements. Have they lost their anti-corrosion protection?
April 22, 2018: Alberta’s tar sands industry had problems before the pandemic, they’re now magnified
April 15, 2020: Tribes petition MPCA for more thorough Line 3 review
April 2, 2020: In another sign of ‘corporate capture,’ MPCA posts video promoting Enbridge Line 3
April 1, 2020: White Earth to Walz: Live up to your pledge of ‘meaningful consultation’
March 25, 2020: News/Events: Federal judge strikes down DAPL permits; MPCA favors Enbridge, fails the pubic, in Line 3 review, and more
March 9, 2020: Make your voice heard against Enbridge Line 3, oppose the MPCA’s proposed permit
March 1, 2020: An Open Letter to Gov. Walz on Line 3, its public purpose, its costs and benefits, and needed action
Feb. 17, 2020: Minnesota has tried to sweep Enbridge Line 3’s threats under the rug. That needs to change. (Part 2 of a two-part series)
Feb. 16, 2020: The state has failed to clearly state Enbridge Line 3’s public purpose. That needs to change. (Part 1 of a two-part series)
Feb. 9, 2020: PUC Commissioner makes strong case against Line 3 plan and strengthens legal cases poised to stop it
Jan. 20, 2020: Dear Canadian Consulate: Your hypocrisy on Line 3 is unbecoming and dishonours the Crown
Jan. 9, 2020: Minnesota continues it charade on Enbridge Line 3’s environmental review
Dec. 10, 2019: PUC to offer encore performance of “Ignore the Risk,” starring Enbridge Line 3
Dec. 9, 2019: Food, gear drive for Indigenous front line water protectors #StopLine3
Nov. 22, 2019: Enbridge, Inc. has a history of trying to shelter assets to avoid liability from major crude oil spills
Nov. 20, 2019: Regular citizens left in the dark about Line 3’s threats to wild rice
Nov. 14, 2019: Opposition to Enbridge Line 5 in Wisconsin echoes Minnesota’s Line 3 woes
Nov. 11, 2019: Keystone Pipeline spills 383,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota wetland, its fourth major spill in nine years
Oct. 8, 2019: Private: Minnesota’s failed oversight of the Line 3 Human Trafficking Prevention Plan (continued)
Oct 2, 2019: Keeping the pressure on PUC, Enbridge to address Line 3’s human trafficking risks
Sept. 30, 2019: Ghost of Christmas Future: Pipeline company begins Keystone XL eminent domain lawsuits
Sept. 28, 2019: A photo essay: Gichi-gami Gathering to Stop Line 3
Sept. 18, 2019: For a crude oil pipeline carrying 760,000 barrels a day, a “pinhole leak” is bigger than it sounds
Sept. 17, 2019: Honor the Earth denounces MN Supreme Court action for failing to protect indigenous rights
Sept. 12, 2019: Public Utilities Commission, Enbridge need to go back to square one on Line 3’s Human Trafficking Prevention Plan
Aug. 21, 2019: MPCA Commissioner Bishop underwhelms responding to Line 3 question
Aug. 13, 2019: Sign Petition to Attorney General Keith Ellison to Stop Line 3!
Aug. 10, 2019: Enbridge is becoming a toxic brand
Aug. 5, 2019: Minnesota needs state leaders to get off the fence and show courage and leadership to stop Line 3
July 18, 2019: Enbridge admits Line 3 construction can’t meet all state environmental standards for protecting water
July 1, 2019: Further Court Delays, Uncertainty Ahead for Enbridge Line 3
June 19, 2019: U.S. Climate Action Network in Town, Members Voice Opposition to Enbridge Line 3
June 17, 2019: Updates on Challenges to Enbridge Line 3 and Keystone XL; New North Dakota Pipeline Proposed
June 11, 2019: Duluth renames park in Ojibwe; Enbridge’s role in Line 3 front group exposed, and other updates
June 5, 2019: Gov. Walz Executive Order Affirms Government-to-Government Relationship with Native Nations: Enbridge Line 3 could provide order’s first significant test
June 3, 2019: MN Court of Appeals Gives Enbridge Line 3 Opponents Partial Win
May 26, 2019: A Vicious Cycle: Crude Oil Pipelines Increase Climate Change, Increase Pipeline Spills
May 13, 2019: Clean Energy: The Other Half of the Effort to Stop Enbridge Line 3
May 8, 2019: In Bizarro World, Water Protectors Are Scary, Climate Change Is Not
April 29, 2019: Pro Line 3 Group Drops $247,000 on Facebook Ads; MN Senate Proposes New Felonies for Pipeline Opponents
April 25, 2019: Legislative Audit Commission Moves Forward on Review of PUC Public Engagement Process
April 10, 2019: DNR Approves Enbridge Line 3 “Pre-Construction” Work; Trump Expected to Weaken State’s Pipeline Oversight
April 5, 2019: State to Audit PUC’s Flawed Public Engagement Process
April 5, 2019: Pipeline Updates: Breathing Room on Line 3 Construction, the Necessity Defense Gains Ground, and More
April 2, 2019: PUC Could Get Needed Scrutiny from the Legislative Audit Commission
March 29, 2019: Trump Expected to Sign Executive Order Expediting Pipelines, Report Says, and Other News
March 27, 2019: Legislative Update on Proposed MMIW Task Force, Bill to Defund Lawsuit Against Enbridge Line 3
March 20, 2019: Corporate Clout Used Against Environmental Defenders
March 14, 2019: For Enbridge Line 3, It’s the Calm Before the Storm
March 4, 2019: In Approving Major Crude Oil Pipelines, Consulting with Native Nations is Not Enough; the Goal is Consent
March 2, 2019: Construction of Enbridge Line 3 Delayed At Least One Year
Feb. 24, 2019: Minnesota Law Enforcement Already Coordinating with Enbridge to Respond to Line 3 Protests, Report Says
Feb. 12, 2019: Walz Administration to Continue Legal Challenge Against Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline
Feb. 8, 2019: At Critical Juncture, Faith Leaders Call on Gov. Walz to Stop Enbridge Line 3
Feb. 6, 2019: Line 3 Updates: Rep. Ilhan Omar Opposes Pipeline; Facebook Shuts Down Direct Action Group’s Page
Feb. 5, 2019: Four Arrested in Northern MN for Pipeline Tampering and Other News and Events
Jan. 30, 2019: Enbridge is Pulling a Bait-and-Switch — Will the PUC Finally Take a Stand?
Jan. 16, 2019: Call Gov. Walz, Tell Him to Support Lawsuit to Stop Enbridge Line 3
Jan. 10, 2019: Gov. Walz Administration Reconsidering Enbridge Line 3 Lawsuit; Pipeline Resisters Organizing Peaceful Inaugural Response
Jan. 5, 2019: Questions and Criticisms Abound in Enbridge Line 3’s ‘Tribal Economic Opportunity’ Plan
Dec. 21, 2019: MN Dept. of Commerce Joins Appeal Against Enbridge Line 3, Protest at Line 3 Storage Yard, and More
Dec. 17, 2019: PUC Staff Oversteps Authority, Shows Bias Against Pipeline Resisters
Dec. 12, 2018: MN350 Launches Rapid Action Team to Keep Pressure On Enbridge Line 3
Nov. 27, 2018: Water Protectors Expose Hidden Line 3 Pipeyard Near Fond du Lac Reservation, Erect Tipi to Stop Offloading Trucks
Nov. 20, 2018: After Line 3 Vote, Two PUC Commissioners Appear at Comedy Improv Theater, Curtain Falls Early
Nov. 19, 2018: PUC Casts Final Pro Pipeline Vote: Line 3 Opposition Now Heads to the Courts, Streets, Camps, Pulpits, and Gov. Walz’s Office
Nov. 15, 2018: As Key Enbridge Line 3 Vote Looms Monday, Encouraging News in Other Pipeline Resistance Efforts
Oct. 31, 2018: Youth Rally Against Climate Change, Promise Legal Challenge to Line 3 Crude Oil Pipeline
Oct. 18, 2018: Enbridge’s Oil Spill Analysis Not Credible, Ignores Tribal Impacts, Appears Intentionally Confusing
Oct. 9, 2018: Climate Change Report Makes it Urgent the PUC Reverses Vote to Approve the Line 3 Oil Pipeline; Judge Tosses Valve Turner Case
Oct. 5, 2018: The PUC Fog Machine: Commission Selectively Uses Line 3’s Environmental Analysis, Favoring Enbridge
Oct. 2, 2018: Legal Challenges Take Shape Against Line 3 and the PUC’s Anti-Indian, Anti-Environment Vote
Sept. 27, 2018: PUC Final Order Approving Line 3 is Racist
Sept. 26, 2018: Strib: MN Commerce Dept. Asks the PUC to Reverse Its Ruling and Deny Enbridge Line 3 Permits
Sept. 23, 2018: Enbridge Opposes Request to Make Public its Insurance Coverage for Major Oil Spill Cleanups in Minnesota
Sept. 11, 2018: Protests Shut Down PUC Meeting on Enbridge Line 3
Sept. 7, 2018: Enbridge Uses “Trade Secret” Tag to Hide Inadequate Spill Insurance; Honor the Earth Tries to Bring it to Light.
Sept. 2, 2018: Fond du Lac Band Chairman Explains Decision to Allow New Oil Pipeline to Cross Reservation Lands.
Aug. 31, 2018: Fond du Lac OK’s Line 3 Crossing its Lands; Commerce Continues Criticism of Enbridge’s Liability Insurance
Aug. 30, 2018: Water Protectors Ask You To Call Gov. Dayton to Stop Line 3!
Aug. 13, 2018: Commerce: Enbridge’s Oil Spill Insurance Inadequate for Line 3 and Mainline System
Aug. 12, 2018: Honor the Earth Files First Legal Challenge to PUC Approval of Enbridge Line 3
Aug. 10, 2018: With Proverbial Gun to its Head, PUC Turns Gun on Fond Du Lac Band Instead
Aug. 5, 2018: Pushing Back on the PUC, Part III: Friends of the Headwaters Finds Gaping Holes in Enbridge’s Promises
Aug. 4, 2018: Pushing Back on the PUC, Part II: State Agencies Criticize Enbridge Line 3 Promises, Seek Changes
Aug. 3, 2018: Pushing Back on the PUC, Part I: Ojibwe Bands Criticize Enbridge’s Rushed Pipeline Promises
July 23, 2018: Enbridge Tries to Bamboozle the PUC, Minnesota’s Dept. of Commerce Pushes Back
July 20, 2018: The Battle of Hayes Pond; The Battle of Bayou Bridge; and Enbridge’s Fingerprints on Minnesota Pipeline Regulations
July 18, 2018: PUC Adds Conditions to Enbridge’s Line 3 Approval, But Only Those Acceptable to Enbridge
July 12, 2018: Episcopal Church Takes a Stand Opposing Line 3
July 12, 2018: Indigenous Prayer Camp in Canada Opposes Line 3; Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Oil Tanker Traffic, Threatens Orcas
July 6, 2018: Eighteen Criticisms of the PUC’s Approval of the Enbridge Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
July 1, 2018: Water Protectors Rally Outside Gov. Dayton’s Mansion
June 29, 2018: Tell Governor Dayton it’s Time to Take a Stand on Line 3: Action Planned this Sunday
June 28, 2018: PUC Buckles to Enbridge Threats, Nears Approval for Enbridge Line 3
June 28, 2018: PUC Discusses Protests After Line 3 Vote, Police Response and Sex Trafficking
June 27, 2018: Eroding Public Trust, PUC Staff Has Police Evict Sierra Club, MN 350 Staff from Line 3 Hearing without Justification
June 27, 2018: Four Takeaways from Day 3 of PUC Line 3 Hearings
June 19, 2018: Enbridge Line 3 Gets Late Backing from U.S. DOT; Honor the Earth Starts ‘Welcome Water Protectors’ Campaign
June 18, 2018: PUC Opens Final Line 3 Debate: State Remains Firm that Pipeline Isn’t Needed; Enbridge Adds More Concessions
June 12, 2018: PUC Staff Recommends Approving Line 3 Pipeline Along Enbridge’s Preferred Route
June 11, 2018: Judge Takes Sides in Line 3’s Treaty Rights Debate When She Should Have Stayed Neutral
June 5, 2018: Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Enbridge Line 3 as Vote Looms this Month
June 2, 2018: A Desperate Enbridge Plays “We Care About Indians” Card, Motives Seem Suspect
June 1, 2018: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe: Reject Enbridge Line 3’s Certificate of Need and Route Permit
May 31, 2018: News Updates: Faith Leaders Stepping Up to Oppose Line 3; U.S. Crude Exports Hit Record High; and More
May 30, 2018: Structural Bias in PUC Review Process of Line 3 Favors Enbridge
May 27, 2018: Leech Lake Band Opposes Option to Keep Line 3 Pipeline in the Same Trench
May 26, 2018: DNR Comments on Line 3 Report Raise Additional Environmental Concerns
May 23, 2018: Commerce Department Makes Strong Case Against Line 3, Pushes Back on Judge’s Criticism
May 20, 2018: Block (Line 3) Party at the PUC: An Act of Celebration and Resistance
May 15, 2018: PUC Sets Line 3 Deliberation Dates; Come to Block (Line 3) Party This Weekend!
May 13, 2018: Enbridge’s Credibility Takes Major Hit in Judge’s Line 3 Report; PUC Must Reject Project
May 9, 2018: Enbridge’s “Safety” Argument to Build a New Line 3 is as Flawed as its Pipeline
May 8, 2018: Enbridge is a Decade Away from a Lease Crisis in Minnesota; Line 3 Reroute is its Escape Hatch
May 3, 2018: Enbridge Hit with $1.8 Million Fine for Crude Oil Pipeline Inspection Failings
May 1, 2018: Enbridge’s Secret: It Has Easements Allowing for More Pipelines in the New Corridor
April 25, 2018: MPR Continues to Disappoint in its Enbridge Line 3 Coverage
April 24, 2018: Enbridge Stock Prices Fall Following Line 3 Recommendations; Judge Calls For Something Closer to a True “Replacement Project”
April 23, 2018: Line 3 Recommendations Puts Burden to Stop Line 3 Squarely on the Ojibwe
April 13, 2018: Enbridge Line 3 Facebook Ad Omits Important Stuff
March 24, 2018: Two Bad Pro-Pipeline Bills Up for Hearing This Week in the MN Legislature
March 20, 2018: MPR Buys Into Enbridge Line 3 Spin that Climate Change is Just Too Confusing
March 18, 2018: Red Lake Nation Votes to Evict Enbridge Pipelines; Native Youth to Visit Pope, Ask Him to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery
March 13, 2018: Line 3 Abandonment: Enbridge Wants to Leave its Mess for Someone Else to Clean Up
March 2, 2018: MN Human Rights Commissioner: State Needs to Listen to Indigenous Concerns About Crude Oil Pipeline
January 15, 2018: Red Lake: Back to Square One with Enbridge Pipeline Trespass
January 9, 2018: Ojibwe Push PUC to Delay Key Line 3 Vote Until Historic Properties Review is Done
Nov. 25, 2017: Enbridge Updates: Problems in Minnesota, Problems in Michigan
Nov. 21, 2017: PUC to Vote Thursday, Dec. 7 on Line 3’s Environmental Impact Statement
Nov. 20, 2017: Bad News, Good News on Keystone XL
Nov. 20, 2017: Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Storage Yards Appear to Violate Law, MPCA Approved Them with No Scrutiny
Nov. 18, 2017: Deck is Stacked Against Water Protectors
Nov. 2, 2017: U.S. Bank Pulls Enbridge Line of Credit, Line 3 Opponents Say
Nov. 2, 2017: Disappointment: Conservative Judge Rules Enbridge Line 3 EIS “Adequate”
Oct. 27, 2017: When Does Video Game Violence Cross the Line? Apparently When it is Violence Against Pipelines
Oct. 24, 2017: MN Dept. of Commerce Reaffirms Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline is not Needed
Oct. 2, 2017: What are the Risks of a Line 3 Tar Sands Crude Oil Spill? Government Analysis Fails to Give Clear Answers
Sept. 30, 2017: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents Rally, March, and Pack the Hearing; Line 3 Backers Offer Easily Refuted Arguments
Sept. 27, 2017: Native Youth Interrupt Governor’s Water Quality Town Hall; Dayton Promises Private Meeting, But Still Neutral on Line 3
Sept. 26, 2017: Business Lobby Ad Buy Tries to Put Clean Face on Pipeline’s Dirty Tar Sands Crude; It Fails
Sept. 26, 2017: Commerce Offers Rushed and Incomplete Responses to Draft EIS Criticisms
Sept. 21, 2017: Ways You Can Support Minnesota Water Protector Camps; Enbridge’s Latest Safety Problem; Island Returned to Grand Portage Anishinaabe
Sept. 20, 2017: Enbridge Tries to Sneak a Line 3 Expansion Through Under the Guise of a Replacement Project
Sept. 12, 2017: Dayton Remains Noncommital on Tar Sands Pipeline — Keep the Pressure On!
Sept. 11, 2017: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce: Enbridge Has Not Established Need for the Tar Sands Pipeline; Risks Outweigh Benefits
Sept. 10, 2017: Environmental Analysis of Tar Sands Pipeline Fails on Readability, Citizen Engagement
Sept. 7, 2017: Does Minnesota Need a New Tar Sands Pipeline? Commerce Ducks Critical Question in EIS
Sept. 5, 2017: Commerce Takes Enbridge Assumption as Fact, Low Balls Impact of New Tar Sands Pipeline
Sept. 3, 2017: Line 3 Update: Paddle to Protect Youth Complete 250-Mile Journey; Petition Needs Your Signature; The Big Sandy Lake “Tragedy”; Pipeline Work in Minnesota?
Aug, 30, 2017: News: Knights of the Forest Were Minnesota’s KKK; Line 3 Pipeline Direct Non-Violent Action
Aug. 24, 2017: Line 3 Updates: Protest Temporarily Halts Construction in WI; Hearing Monday
Aug. 18, 2017: Deeply Flawed Environmental Analysis of Tar Sands Pipeline Needs to Go Back to Square One
Aug. 17, 2017: Red Lake Nation Asks Governor Dayton to Delay Release of EIS on Enbridge Line 3
Aug. 16, 2017: Tribal Liaison For Enbridge Line 3 Quits State Job, Cites Minnesota’s Lack of “Good Faith” Effort
Aug. 11, 2017: Water Protector Updates from Minnesota to Maine; Burial Site on Fond du Lac Disturbed; Another Public Art Controversy … And More
Aug. 7, 2017: Congress Needs to Investigate Corporate Influence on Law Enforcement’s DAPL Response
July 29, 2017: Keystone XL Developer Waffling on Project, and other Weekend Reading
July 28, 2017: In Show of Hubris, Enbridge Starts Tar Sands Pipeline Work Well in Advance of Minnesota Approvals
July 27, 2017: FYI Water Protectors: Governor Dayton is Holding Water Quality Town Hall Meetings
July 5, 2017: One More Reason Why We Don’t Need More Canadian Tar Sands Crude Pumped Through Minnesota
July 5, 2017: MPR Tar Sands Pipeline Story Flawed, Slanted
July 1, 2015: A Pipeline Tour and Visit to Turtle Island Camp
June 30, 2017: Only 10 Days Left to Comment on Tar Sands Pipeline EIS; What We Learned from the Bemidji Hearing
June 27, 2017: Report: Tar Sands Tailing Ponds Hold Hidden Costs, a Legacy of Cancer Risks
June 26, 2017: Reminder: Teach-In Tonight on Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion in Minnesota
June 22, 2017: Line 3 Teach In: Learn about Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline through Northern Minnesota and What You Can Do to Stop it!
June 15, 2017: Hundreds Opposed to Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline Flood St. Paul Public Hearing
June 10, 2017: Enbridge Line 3: White Earth Spirit Camp Forms; Upcoming Events
June 6, 2017: Honor the Earth, Other Groups, Add New Education Resources to Stop Line 3
June 4, 2017: Next Sacred Sites Tour June 24; Update on Enbridge Line 3; and Trump’s Review of National Monuments
May 31, 2017: Your Help Needed to Stop Enbridge Line 3, Public Comment Period Now Open
May 23, 2017: Enbridge: Corporate Social Responsibility or Greenwashing?
May 22, 2017: “Environmental Justice” Analysis of Proposed Crude Oil Pipeline is Flawed, Lacks Native Voices
May 20, 2017: Efforts to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline Through Northern Minnesota Enter New Phase
April 7, 2017: Gov. Dayton Needs to Veto Deeply Flawed Energy Bill that Fast Tracks Enbridge Line 3
March 27, 2017: Stop Enbridge Line 3 — Minnesota’s Version of the Dakota Access Pipeline
March 24, 2017: Is Water Sacred or a Commodity? How We Answer That Question Will Define Our Future
March 17, 2017: When Simply Wearing “Water is Life” Becomes a Threatening Protest
March 9, 2017: U.S. State Department an Embarrassment at Tar Sands Meeting; Other News Updates
Jan. 12, 2017: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Doing Its Own Environmental Impact Statement for Northern MN Pipeline
Jan. 3, 2017: Minnesota Faces its Own Pipeline Battle: Enbridge Line 3
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