More than 5,000 individuals and 300 organizations have called on the Canadian government to stop interfering with tribal, state, and federal actions in the US against the 71-year-old tar sands pipeline Line 5. Secretary Pam Damoff issued a response to the petition on behalf of the government. That so-called response ignores nearly all the points made in the petition and offers a litany of easily-refutable falsehoods instead. See below for a rebuttal of those falsehoods.
Continue readingWhile Enbridge continues to spin a narrative that it can be trusted to act in the best interest of the Great Lakes, its actions tell a different story. In order to keep the dangerous 70-year-old Line 5 oil pipeline in operation, Enbridge is violating tribal rights and sovereignty in both Wisconsin and Michigan... (originally posted on Environmental Defence Canada's website)
Continue readingOn top of efforts by the state of Michigan to shut down Line 5, an Indigenous band in Wisconsin is now asking a judge there to do the same. Read the original article here.
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