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CHECK OUT A BEAUTIFUL SHORT VIDEO OF 1000 GRANDMOTHERS JOINT ACTION IN ST. PAUL ON THE LAST DAY OF OUR TRIP (made by Peg Hunter): https://vimeo.com/558779216
To see more photos of 1000 Grandmothers actions in support of Line 3 Water Protectors click here Line 3
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What is Line 3?
Ojibwe tribes have led the fight along with community and environmental groups to stop Line 3 in northern MN for 7 years. This pipeline is bringing toxic tar sands from Alberta, Canada to Superior, WI to be shipped through Lake Superior to feed the dwindling global need for filthy dangerous tar sands crude. The current Line 3 is emitting toxic pollutants equivalent to 50 coal plants over an extended period of 30-50 years. All of this is at a time when the demand for tar sands oil is plummeting. The permit to build Line 3 was issued to the Canadian multi-national corporation Enbridge Energy as a “replacement project” to part of the older, existing line. However, in reality, it is traversing a new route that crosses 200 bodies of water including the Mississippi twice. It cuts across the heart of the Ojibwe territory of lakes and wild rice watersheds, violating indigenous treaty rights and sovereignty and threatening their culture and way of life. And the old corroded pipelines have been left to rot. Resistance Countless protests and actions against Line 3 took place over the past year. More than 1000 Water Protectors were arrested for non-violent protests. Indigenous Water Protectors set up resistance camps along Line 3's construction route. They, and their allies marched to Washington DC, initiated letter writing campaigns to President Biden and other politicians, locked themselves to pipeline equipment, engaged in Life is Water Prayer Walks, donated money, and filed legal challenges. Due to the careful monitoring of Enbridge’s construction of Line 3 by the Water Protectors, on September 16th Enbridge was fined $3.32 million by the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources for failure to follow environmental laws. The MDNR also referred Enbridge for criminal prosecution. Still, tragically, on October 1st, tar sands oil began moving through Line 3. But the struggle against fossil fuel infrastructure projects have not ended. What is happening now? Recently, people are fighting Line 5 in Wisconsin more info to come For more information about stopping Line 3 visit:
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--------------------------------------------------------- On Dec. 14th, in the SF Bay Area, Extinction Rebellion, with the support of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations and other allies of the Indigenous Water Protectors, called on the Army Corp of Engineers to require a federal Environment Impact Statement. This was to call attention to the fact that rushed construction of Line 3 by Enbridge has caused ongoing permanent damage to the environment. |
Photos of some of the Line 3 actions we have been involved with:
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