POLITICAL MATTERS: Oct 2017
By Mordecai Specktor The next Standing Rock Enbridge Energy’s proposed replacement of its Line 3 oil pipeline is meeting popular opposition – and some nonviolent civil disobedience. On Aug. 29, six opponents of the oil pipeline were arrested for obstructing construction. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reported: “Alexander Good-Cane-Milk of the Yankton Sioux Tribe in South […]
Does Minnesota really need a new oil pipeline?
By DAN KRAKER/MRP NEWS Ever since Enbridge first proposed its $7 billion Line 3 project three years ago – its largest pipeline project ever – the company has touted it as a replacement project. The Canadian company has operated its existing, 1,000-mile Line 3 for nearly 50 years. But the pipeline is corroding, which necessitates extensive […]
Hearings on new Line 3 tar sands pipeline to be held in June
By Winona LaDuke Line 3: It’s the sequel to the Sandpiper but larger. Last year, the White Earth Ojibwe people joined with many others to stop the Sandpiper, the fracked oil pipeline. Now Enbridge is back with another line – same route, same problems. This month, people will have an opportunity to ask questions and comment […]