• Energy

Line 3 Pipeline Complete, Oil to Flow on Monday

• indigenous communities
• Line 3
• Minnesota

By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Enbridge Energy announced this week that the construction of the Line 3 pipeline has been completed, and oil will start flowing Monday. Protesters have fought the pipeline since Minnesota regulators approved the project back in 2015, arguing against its violation of Indigenous rights, harm to waterways and wild rice, […]

• Water

Line 3 Pipeline Threatens Minnesota Waters and Indigenous Wild Rice Harvests

• Enbridge
• indigenous communities
• Line 3
• Minnesota
• pipelines

By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer The controversial Line 3, a pipeline expansion under construction in northern Minnesota that would transport one million barrels of tar sands per day, hasn’t begun operating yet, but is already causing harm. The line’s construction, coupled with drought, has created low water levels in Minnesota lakes where Indigenous Anishinaabe […]

• Energy

(More) Spills Along Line 3 Construction Route

• Line 3
• oil pipelines
• tar sands oil

by Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer The Line 3 oil pipeline isn’t operational yet, but it’s already spilling. This summer, there were 28 drilling fluid spills along the construction route, according to Minnesota regulators, more than initially reported in July. Drilling fluid, a combination of clay, water, and chemicals, should be captured and disposed of. […]

• Energy

More than 1000 Protesters Disrupt “Line 3” Pipeline Construction in Minnesota

• climate change
• Enbridge
• Environmental Justice
• Line 3
• oil
• protest
• tar-sands
• tribal treaty rights

Thousands of protesters gathered near the headwaters of the Mississippi River from around the country, including actresses Jane Fonda and Patricia Arquette, in an attempt to disrupt the construction of a major pipeline through northern Minnesota, the Duluth Tribune reported.

Why This Matters: The Line 3 pipeline, at a cost of $4B, will carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of dirty Canadian tar-sands oil through the U.S. across at least 200 bodies of water and sensitive watersheds.