Environmentalists, Indigenous bands will continue to appeal Line 3 decision
The move ends a legal challenge that began in former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton s administration was continued by Gov. Tim Walz s administration. 5:46 pm, Jul. 15, 2021 ×
Protesters chant and raise signs as they march on Duluth s Lakewalk on Sept. 28, 2019, after a rally at Gichi-ode Akiing in protest of Enbridge Line 3. (Tyler Schank / File / News Tribune)
DULUTH, Minn. Environmental groups and Indigenous bands opposed to Enbridge s Line 3 oil pipeline have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a lower court s ruling that said regulators relied on the correct demand forecast when approving the pipeline.
Line 3 protesters call on Biden, Walz to rescind pipeline permits
Demonstrators urged President Joe Biden and Gov. Tim Walz to listen to Indigenous nations in northern Minnesota who are opposed to the pipeline, which would cross near reservation land and through waterways. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | ×
Enbridge Line 3 protesters drape a banner reading, Honor the treaties, stop Line 3 across the banister in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
ST. PAUL The halls of the Minnesota Capitol on Wednesday, July 14 filled with the chants of Indigenous people and environmental activists protesting against Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline replacement project, as they urged President Joe Biden and Gov. Tim Walz to halt the project that cuts through northern Minnesota.
Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy s Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that allowed construction to begin last December.
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Posted: Jul 14, 2021 4:32 PM MT | Last Updated: July 14
Indigenous protesters and their allies occupy an active Enbridge pump station on June 7, 2021, in Hubbard County, Minn., in protest of the construction of Line 3. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Line 3 opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
The legal move came as protests continue along the route in northern Minnesota.
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Enbridge construction of the Line 3 pipeline is continuing in northern Minnesota. Here, Winona LaDuke, White Earth Ojibwe and executive director of Honor the Earth, conducts a media tour of an Enbridge construction sites near Park Rapid, Minnesota, on Sunday June 6, 2021. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country Today)
The legal move came as protests continue along the route in northern Minnesota.
Steve Karnowski
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy s Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that allowed construction to begin last December.
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