Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org, 914-261-4626
Bemidji, MN -- Next Wednesday, August 29, Native and non-Native leaders will be joined by national environmental advocates to take escalated action in the Bemidji area to urge Governor Mark Dayton to act immediately to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
WHO: Leadership from local Tribes; local elected officials and faith leaders; Youth Climate Intervenors; local environmental and Indigenous advocates; and national representatives from the Sierra Club.
Available for Comment:
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Winona LaDuke, Executive Director, Honor the Earth
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Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network
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Loren Blackford, President, Sierra Club
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Margaret Levin, Director, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
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Kevin Whelan, Executive Director, MN350
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Julia Frost Nerbonne, Executive Director, MN Interfaith Power and Light
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Akilah Sanders Reed, Youth Climate Intervenor
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And others
WHEN: Wednesday, August 29
WHERE: Bemidji, MN -- RSVP to Gabby Brown (gabby.brown@sierraclub.org) for exact location
WHY: Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline threatens Minnesota’s land, clean water, and manoomin (wild rice) beds. The project has been permitted against the desires of four Tribal governments, and would be a disaster for our climate. Last month, the MN Public Utilities Commission approved the pipeline, ignoring the recommendations of the MN Department of Commerce, Office of Administrative Hearings, Pollutions Control Agency, and Department of Natural Resources and siding with a foreign pipeline company. The approved route would cross through critical ecological and cultural resources. Governor Dayton has so far failed to take action, but he can still act to stop this pipeline. Minnesotans, national environmental advocates, and Indigenous leaders are standing together to send a clear message to Governor Dayton that this fight is far from over and it’s time to step up and take immediate action to stop Line 3.
**More information to follow. Photos will be available to media following the action**
About the Sierra Club
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