Mining Tar Sands Oil: Land Impacts
On June 14th, 2018 Forbes online published an article titled “It's High Time To Approve Enbridge's Oil Pipeline Replacement Plans” written by Jude Clemente.
Read morePublic Statement Regarding the Duluth Police Department's Request to Purchase Riot Gear
Public Statement Regarding the Duluth Police Department’s Request to Purchase Riot Gear
*from Minnesota Native-Led Environmental Organization, Honor the Earth
Contact: Alyssa Hoppe (Honor the Earth) 612-385-1557 [email protected]
Read moreA Feast of Indigenous Art and People: Making Art that Speaks Truth to Power- Bringing the “Not Afraid to Look” Monument to the Duluth Area
DULUTH MN – Wednesday, October 3 -- Honor the Earth invites the Twin Ports community to the Feast of Indigenous Art and Indigenous People on Saturday, October 13th, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Peace United Church of Christ in Duluth MN
Read moreThe International Uranium Film Festival returns to the Diné Nation with additional screenings throughout New Mexico
The International Uranium Film Festival returns to the Diné Nation with additional screenings throughout New Mexico
The issue of nuclear power is not only an issue of the Navajo Nation, who suffered for decades because of uranium mining. All people should be informed about the risks of uranium, nuclear weapons and the whole nuclear fuel chain, states International Uranium Film Festival’s Director Norbert G. Suchanek. In an effort to keep people informed and aware, particularly during this critical time of escalating nuclear threats, the International Uranium Film Festival returns to the U.S. Southwest.
Read moreBlack 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.
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Honor 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
Gabby Brown, [email protected]
Natalie Cook, [email protected], 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.