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Minnesota Data Practices Act

Disparities in public information around Line 3 helps Enbridge, harms the public

November 9, 2021November 11, 2021 healingmn Enbridge Line 3, Missing and murdered indigenous women Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida, Amanda Eubanks, aquifer breach, Center for Protest Law and Litigation, frac out, Honor the Earth, Minnesota Data Practices Act, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Northern Lights Task Force, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Public Safety Escrow Account

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund seeks information on the ties between Enbridge, sheriff’s offices

Government transparency is critical to make the engine of democracy work. If we don’t know how and why the government makes decisions, we can’t make informed choices.

In the case of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, a greedy corporation and weak state regulators have scapegoated Native American water protectors and their allies as lawbreakers. Enbridge’s Line 3 construction has done more harm than the front-line activists, yet the company doesn’t face nearly the public scrutiny or penalties.

Information is power. What information is publicly available — or not available — shapes public opinion.

Law enforcement agencies put water protectors under the microscope and closely monitored their activities while state regulators allowed Enbridge to operate in the dark.

This imbalance in scrutiny is built into our public institutions’ structures.

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