So it looks to me like Enbridge and their partners didn’t gain much by their recent machinations. As I spent time watching the entire January 9th Public Utilities Commission Special Meeting, I thought I’d share the details.
Black Snake Chronicles: Police, Courts and Victories
This past month was marked by new stages in pipeline battles, in Canada, Minnesota, and North Dakota. On August 29, twenty-six people were cited in Bemidji, Minnesota after stopping traffic for four hours, facing Enbridge’s Line 3, the largest tar sands pipeline proposal in North America. Ojibwe women were joined with the Board Chair of the Sierra Club, Lauron Blackford, Nellis Kennedy ( Sierra Club’s Equity and Inclusion Director) and a number of Minnesota church leaders. As well, Doug Rasch, a landowner in Clearwater County who faces eminent domain of his land by Enbridge was cited and charged with disorderly conduct. Those cited talked about climate urgency, man camps and the need to protect Minnesotans not Canadian corporations. These first set of citations, signals what will likely be a brutal winter in Minnesota if Enbridge is allowed to move forward.
Read moreHonor the Earth Presents Water is Life Festival Featuring Indigo Girls, Chastity Brown, Annie Humphrey, Sister Tree, Lyz Jaakola and other special guests.
Honor the Earth Presents
Water is Life Festival Featuring Indigo Girls, Chastity Brown, Annie Humphrey, Sister Tree, Corey Medina and guests
Message to Minnesotans and to the PUC - Star Tribune AD calls for Action
Minnesotans, Others Voice Opposition as PUC Decision on Line 3 Expected this Week
FULL PAGE LETTER IN TODAY’S STAR TRIBUNE GIVES REASONS TO DENY THE RISKY PIPELINE PROJECT THE MN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ALREADY REJECTED ON ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS -- AND IS SIGNED BY A LEADING CLIMATOLOGIST, CONGRESSIONAL, NATIVE AMERICAN AND FAITH LEADERS, ARTISTS AND OTHERS
Read moreMinnesota PUC Refuses to Adequately Consider Cultural Impacts of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
Minnesota PUC Refuses to Adequately Consider Cultural Impacts of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Contact:
Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Natalie Cook, natalie.cook@sierraclub.org, 651-295-3483
St. Paul, MN -- Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that they have rejected a motion that would have allowed them to ensure that Tribal concerns were being adequately considered in their review of the controversial proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Honor the Earth Hosts First Daughter and the Black Snake Film Screening at Historic Holmes Theatre located in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Honor the Earth Hosts First Daughter and the Black Snake Film Screening
CALLAWAY, Minnesota (Tuesday, February 6th, 2018)- Honor the Earth, is partnering with The Historic Holmes Theatre located in Detroit Lakes to host a screening of national award winning First Daughter and the Black Snake on February 28th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. $20 per person or $30 per two people. Dinner with traditional Anishinaabe foods will be served followed by film and discussion.
Read moreFor The Wild Podcast Episode w/ Angelo Baca of Bears Ears
As a PhD student in the department of anthropology at New York University, Angelo has research interests in indigenous international repatriation, indigenous food sovereignty, and sacred lands protection. He promotes a local participatory research methodology and empowering traditional knowledge keepers. He has taught a variety of Native American and Indigenous course topics from college to Ivy league university settings. As a documentary film-maker, Angelo has developed digital storytelling projects in close collaboration with indigenous communities. His latest film is Shash Jaa': Bears Ears. He is the co-president of the Native American and Indigenous Students Group at NYU, assisting in facilitating an Indigenous Studies Program minor at the institution and he is on the selection committee for the Chief Diversity Officer at NYU.
Read moreHONOR THE EARTH SEEKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
Honor the Earth requests proposals for an Information Technology Coordinator to manage our websites, supporter database, file sharing, and communication tools. We seek a disciplined, experienced individual with a commitment to long-term movement-building.
This is a part-time position (~20 hours per week) with competitive compensation relative to experience and ability, but no benefits. The IT Coordinator will be an independent contractor, not an employee of Honor the Earth. Location is flexible, but we prefer someone able and willing to work in one of our 3 Minnesota offices: Callaway (White Earth Reservation), Duluth, and Minneapolis. There is also a possibility for a short-term web development contract in addition to the long-term coordination position. To submit a proposal, please send a resume and cover letter to info@honorearth.org on or before February 15, 2018.
Honor the Earth is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on identity. Indigenous people, people of color, Two-Spirit or LGBTQA+ people, and members of other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.
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