By Winona LaDuke

Way to go Fond du Lac. First you all throw us under the bus over a pipeline. All Minnesota Chippewa Tribes opposed the pipeline formally, but then, you went rogue on us. We all sort of get it, after all it was a difficult decision, sort of a Sophie’s Choice decision forced upon you by the rogue Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approval of Line 3. Honestly, $250 million is a good selling price for a tribe, if you’re gonna take it.

It turns out that money can buy you love in a few places. After all, Enbridge spent $11 million this past year - the largest amount of any corporate interest - to lobby Minnesota Public Utilities.

On Tuesday, October 9th, as Dr. James Hansen was in town to testify in the ValveTurners court case in nearby Bagley, MN, students and community members were treated to a couple of talks, entitled “Young People's World: Making Your Future Energy, Climate, Human Health & Politics”. Both speakers, Dr. James Hansen and Tara Houska, have given TED talks on climate (Hansen) and Standing Rock (Houska). The talk was hosted by Bemidji State University’s Sustainability Office.

From Appalachia to Louisiana, mostly ignored by the media, activists have been putting themselves in the path of bulldozers.

IIASA-led research has established a causal link between climate, conflict, and migration for the first time, something which has been widely suggested in the media but for which scientific evidence is scarce.

Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now.

Climate change is well underway already, the time to act and limit its human causes is now, many studies have shown. This latest report maps out what it may take to get there.

A decade ago, Canada’s oil sector was growing so fast it was predicted to become a global energy superpower, but a series of political missteps and formidable environmental activism has created a dysfunctional system requiring OPEC-style government intervention to move its oil to market.

Ms. Olson will deliver her opening argument on Monday in a landmark federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of 21 plaintiffs, ages 11 to 22, who are demanding that the government fight climate change.

Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce appealed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s granted certificate of need and pipeline routing permit for the Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project. The following is a statement from Governor Mark Dayton.