NATIVE REPORT MOTHER EARTH SERIES 16 EPISODE 7 (PBS) WAS PRESENT AT A STAND AGAINST THE LINE 3 PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ALONG AN ENBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN PALISADE, MINN., ON DEC. 17TH, 2020.

"Winona LaDuke, an activist opposing the Enbridge Line 3 project, characterized her experience growing up and living in northern Minnesota as being in the “Deep North,” with levels of racism and biased policing comparable to those in southern states."

"A trailhead and rest area in Backus suddenly became crowded Saturday, Jan. 23, when protesters gathered at one of the nearby pipeline staging sites for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project. There have been several protests in the Backus area since work began."

"$3 billion tar sands pipeline expansion project faces renewed resistance from indigenous rights activists and environmentalists. "

"Gov. Tim Walz held on to the past even when a better, cleaner future beckoned."

"Last week President Joe Biden announced he is revoking federal permits for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which would have stretched from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska and to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying 830,000 barrels of the dirtiest type of oil per day."

"Energy Transfer LP’s infamous Dakota Access oil pipeline suffered another blow Tuesday when a judge upheld a decision to scrap a key permit, threatening a system that has already been up and running for more than three years."

153 leaders from across the world—from labor to climate to business to government including Honor the Earth signed this letter emboldening President Joe Biden to take bold climate action to build back better toward a new future together. A future commitment to build back better with good paying, clean-energy jobs and tackling the legacy of environmental injustice is the action that science demands.

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