#enbridge

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[thoughtportal]

Line 3 oil spill

[jacobwren]

Indigenous groups leading the movement against Line 3 include the Giniw Collective, founded by Tara Houska; Winona LaDuke’s Honor the Earth; the Rise Coalition and environmental organization MN350, both founded by Nancy Beaulieu; and Camp Migizi. To “deal with” the protesters, Enbridge opened an escrow account to reimburse Minnesota state and local agencies for the cost of policing their private interests. After Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources, which issued the permits for Line 3, law enforcement agencies received the largest payout from the escrow fund. Conflicts between protesters and the specially formed Northern Lights Task Force escalated to the police using LRADs (long range acoustic devices, also known as sound cannons), helicopters, rubber bullets, tear gas, and techniques they referred to as “pain compliance.” All this was paid for by Enbridge, and planned for in collaboration with Minnesota law enforcement based on case studies from Standing Rock. Out of approximately nine hundred Line 3–related arrests since 2020, at least ninety-one protesters were charged with felonies. As of March 2022, sixty-six felony charges remained open. These numbers do not include the charges against Indigenous activists transferred to tribal courts. Felony charges, which vary from state to state but typically apply to violent crime and carry heavy penalties, are largely unprecedented for ecological protest. Direct actions along Line 3 were uniformly passive, involving no violence or property damage. Under most circumstances, such actions would result in the relatively minor misdemeanor charge of trespassing. But prosecutors wanted to create deterrents, and found creative ways to charge protesters with more serious crimes. Water protectors were charged with “assisted suicide” for climbing into and occupying sections of unused pipe, and “felony theft” for costing Enbridge money in the form of work stoppages by locking themselves to equipment or fences. Both carry penalties of up to ten years in prison. Meanwhile, a number of Line 3 activists subjected to “pain compliance” have sustained permanent facial paralysis in the form of Bell’s palsy. As of January 2022, Enbridge had paid out $4.8 million to fund anti-protest policing. Imagine if all these resources — the state’s, the corporation’s, law enforcement’s, the lawyers’ — went toward averting the mass extinction coming for us all, instead.

Bela Shayevich, Migizi Will Fly

[injuredcyclist]

Good.  Enbridge has a shitty safety record and the last thing we need is another pipeline.  We also needed a win after Biden betrayed every environmentalist and every person under 40 that voted for him when he approved the Willow project.

More info:

Detroit Free Press

Greenpeace

Line 9

Native American Rights Fund

Environmental Defense

[civ5crab]

The pipeline near my house is fine don’t worry about it.

We’re going to engage in a mild amount of tomfoolery

[wausaupilot]

DNR releases final environmental impact statement on pipeline project

After 4 years and thousands of comments, DNR releases final environmental impact statement on Line 5:

By Danielle Kaeding | Wisconsin Public Radio State environmental regulators released a final environmental impact statement Friday on a Canadian energy firm’s plans to reroute an oil and gas pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribe’s reservation. In 2019, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Canadian firm Enbridge in federal court to shut down and remove the 70-year-old Line 5 on…

[skpoem]

Sorry. Enbridge decided nope.

[wadeeapdik]

[cebozcom]

Enbridge Inc.: Unersetzliche Infrastruktur | www.ceboz.com

Enbridge Inc. ist ein führendes Unternehmen im Bereich Öl- und Gastransportdienstleistungen. Erfahren Sie mehr über ihre aktuellen Entwicklungen und strategischen Prioritäten.

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Documentary shows Bad River Band’s resilience as Line 5 battle continues

As the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa continues its case against Canadian pipeline company Enbridge and its controversial Line 5 pipeline, a new film is documenting the band’s history of resistance.

by Kyle Davidson, Wisconsin Examiner March 15, 2024 As the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa continues its case against Canadian pipeline company Enbridge and its controversial Line 5 pipeline, a new film is documenting the band’s history of resistance in order to protect the Bad River and its tribal sovereignty. Written and directed by Mary Mazzio and narrated by Indigenous activist and…

[expfcultragreen]

Enbridge is a demonic entity im so glad im back in the greater bc hydro-sphere 🙌 god bless yall but move away, divest

[nando161mando]

Flotilla and Water Festival Against Line 5 Pipeline