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Water Protectors urge Biden to Decommission Line 5 and invest in renewable energy

March 3, 2022 by Line 5 Coalition members On Wednesday, March 2nd, a diverse coalition of about 50 people gathered to greet President Joe Biden in Superior, Wisconsin, urging him to address the climate emergency, honor the treaties with Indigenous nations, and shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. President Biden’s motorcade drove by demonstrators […]

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Water Protectors to rally against Enbridge Line 5 during Biden visit today

March 2, 2022 by WCMCoop Editor SUPERIOR, Wis. – On Wednesday, March 2 at 1 p.m. CT, a coalition of grassroots groups, Indigenous leaders, and local citizens from Wisconsin and Minnesota will rally near President Joe Biden’s visit to UW-Superior, advocating for immediate clean energy and climate investments in the Build Back Better Act, and […]

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Watch the Enbridge Line 5 Public Hearing Live 2/2/2022 4 PM CST Here

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Comment period for commenting on Enbridge Line 5 draft EIS has been extended to March 18

February 2, 2022 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WIDNR) has extended the public comment period for Enbridge Line 5 draft Environmental Impact Statement. The move was in response to a letter sent by the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and nine other organizations concerned that the period was too short considering the complexity of […]

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ACTION ALERT: Another reason to JUST SAY NO to Enbridge Line 5

January 31, 2022 Barbara With Video: River Akemann, Honor The Earth The public hearing for the draft Environment Impact Statement for proposed Enbridge Line 5 coming up on February 2, 2022 at 4 PM. Please take action. Find out how to make your voice heard here Bad River member David Joe Bates explains about damage […]

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Red Cliff releases Enbridge draft EIS Fact Sheet

January 29, 2022 Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe have released a Fact Sheet concerning the Enbridge draft Environmental Impact Statement concerning Line 5 through the Penokee Hills. The public comment period is through March 4, 2022. A public hearing will be held February 2, 2022. For more details on how to respond and […]

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ACTION ALERT: Enbridge at Ashland County Board meeting: 1/24/22 7 PM – 9

January 23, 2022 NORTHERN WISCONSIN Enbridge Energy is pitching local town boards to gather support their Line 5 pipeline through the Bad River watershed, upstream hundreds of trout streams, Copper Falls State Park, and Bad River wild rice beds. WE NEED YOU TO TELL THEM NO! Please show up with signs and voices by 6:30 […]

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Women Who Cook Come Together to Support Water Protectors

January 19, 2022 PRESS RELEASEContact: Barbara With715.209.5471, barbwith@gmail.com. Several  members of  Women Who Cook, founded 40 years ago, including Marian Moore, Prudence Johnson, Mary Jane Alm and Jearlyn Steele, will gather January 20, 2022 at Winterland Studios in Minneapolis to raise their voices in support of the over 700 water protectors arrested during the nine months […]

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Treaty People Complete Their 160 Mile Walk of Enbridge Line 3

September 30, 2021 Barbara With On September 30, 2021, Treaty People Walk Line 3 brought their prayerful walk to Superior, Wisconsin. The Indigenous walkers and their non-native allies are urging President Biden to follow Article VI of the Constitution and take immediate action to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to cancel Enbridge’s permits.  In light […]

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CODE RED: Enbridge repeatedly violating water protection rules; MNDNR fails to act

September 30, 2021 WCMC In a shocking report by Minnesota licensed geologist Jeffrey Brosberg, evidence shows that Enbridge, its contractors, consultants and “independent” inspectors have been repeatedly violating water withdrawal permits and the Environmental Montitor Control Plan, minimizing severe problems with Line 3 tar sands pipeline construction, and taking advantage of the State of Minnesota’s […]

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