Repudiating Damoff's Petition Response: The Truth about Enbridge's Line 5

Repudiating Damoff's Petition Response: The Truth about Enbridge's Line 5

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.

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Protecting the Great Lakes From Line 5: Anishinaabeg Tribes Across Michigan Stand Against Enbridge and Canada’s Fossil Fuel Interests

Protecting the Great Lakes From Line 5: Anishinaabeg Tribes Across Michigan Stand Against Enbridge and Canada’s Fossil Fuel Interests

While 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)

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National Post: Line 5 pipeline still 'non-negotiable', Canada's natural resources minister says amid latest court challenge

National Post: Line 5 pipeline still 'non-negotiable', Canada's natural resources minister says amid latest court challenge

On 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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