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DNR: Enbridge crews punctured 3 aquifers during pipeline work
The punctures led to nearly 300 million gallons of groundwater flowing out to the surface, with the most serious breach occurring near the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation in St. Louis County.
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Tensions erupt between environmental justice leaders and White House
Grassroots activists disrupted the Biden administration’s communications with a massive email blast in August in a symbol of what some see as a deteriorating relationship.
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Pipeline protesters face corporate counterinsurgency in Minnesota
Pipeline opponents say an oil company and police use surveillance and divide-and-conquer strategies — hallmarks of corporate counterinsurgency.
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New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden's key climate initiatives.
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Enbridge's Line 3 is putting wild rice at risk—and Indigenous water protectors are taking a stand
In northern Minnesota, Anishinaabe people are fighting an oil pipelinethat threatens their sustenance and spiritual connection to the land.
theintercept.com
Police: Enbridge can influence government appointment
Sheriffs in Minnesota worried about who would oversee an escrow account, funded by pipeline giant Enbridge, to reimburse the costs of policing protests.
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Grandmothers and Indigenous groups join to block a pipeline
Nancy Feinstein and Carol Rothman first started organizing older women in 2016—a demographic they see as an under-utilized resource.
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