Folks, it’s time for ALL of us to please pick up the phone and call our respective US House Representative and US Senators to demand that President Biden put an immediate stop to the Canadian Line 3 Pipeline that is gutting tribal lands in Minnesota. This fight is coming to a violent head right now as the police are brutally arresting the peaceful Water Protectors on their own tribal lands in Minnesota. Police brutality against peaceful protesters, indigenous people of color and their white allies is happening again as it did at Standing Rock.
To learn more, here is a link to the Water Protectors Linktree with actions to help: www.stopline3.org/...
What is the Line 3 project?
Enbridge, based in Calgary, Alberta, is building an oil pipeline running southeast from Canada's tar sands region to Lake Superior's western tip near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The pipeline replaces Enbridge's current Line 3, but with a larger line along a different route.
Enbridge says the existing Line 3 pipeline, built in the 1960s, needs to be replaced because it's corroded and cracked and requires extensive ongoing maintenance. As a result, it can't carry as much oil as it once could. It also means the line can't carry heavier grades of crude that come out of the oil sands region.
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If people speak up and demand action, President Biden can be moved to shut this pipeline down via Executive Order, buying the needed time to stop it permanently like he did the Keystone pipeline.
I know there are a lot of issues that require President Biden’s attention and the attention of his administration but this is urgent and is a no-brainer to stop. He has the authority and can use it.
We need awareness and action to help the Native Americans in MN and their allies. There is so much at risk for pipeline leaks, pollution and ruining watersheds with tar sands — which the fuel will ultimately be shipped to China and a Canadian company making money while US lands and water supplies are at risk.
Please call your Representative and your Senator to elevate this issue.
US Capitol Switchboard phone number: 202-224-3121
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Here is a link to contact Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland
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Native Americans have suffered enough at the hands of the US and Canadian greed. What little land they have left to call their own should remain 100% in their sovereignty. Nobody should be able to put a pipeline through their lands and pollute their water. Nobody. Not. Any. More.
#Enough #StopLine3