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Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters fighting the Enbridge Energy company’s push to replace an aging oil pipeline across northern Minnesota maintained a blockade at a pump station Tuesday as part of a summer drive to stop the project before it can go into service.
by Evan Frost and The Associated Press

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Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Hundreds of activists gathered Monday near the headwaters of the Mississippi River to protest the ongoing construction of the new pipeline, which will replace a line that's been carrying Canadian tar sands oil across northern Minnesota since the 1960s.
by Dan Kraker and Evan Frost

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Line 3 foes in northern MN block road, chain themselves to equipment

Line 3 foes in northern MN block road, chain themselves to equipment

A summer of ramped-up opposition to the Line 3 oil pipeline kicked off Monday as more than 1,000 opponents began protesting and disrupting the construction work, starting at a pump station north of Park Rapids.
by Dan Kraker and Evan Frost

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Line 3 foes kick off a summer of resistance

Line 3 foes kick off a summer of resistance

More than a thousand opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline from all over the U.S. have congregated in northern Minnesota for what they're calling the Treaty People Gathering. They're preparing a march to the Mississippi River on Monday to protest the controversial pipeline replacement project.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Hundreds expected in northern Minn. to protest Line 3 this weekend

Hundreds expected in northern Minn. to protest Line 3 this weekend

Organizers say more than 1,500 people from around the country are expected in northern Minnesota this weekend for what they’re calling the “largest resistance yet” to the ongoing construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline project.
by Dan Kraker

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EPA alerts Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Band that PolyMet mine 'may affect' their waters

EPA alerts Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Band that PolyMet mine 'may affect' their waters

The EPA is required, under the Clean Water Act, to alert a state if it determines a project in another state might have the potential to affect its water quality. The mine would be located near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes on the eastern side of the Iron Range in northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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As Line 3 construction rolls on, river crossings draw pipeline resisters

As Line 3 construction rolls on, river crossings draw pipeline resisters

Environmental groups and Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota are particularly concerned about the places where the pipeline will cross rivers, streams and wetlands. They worry that a spill or leak could contaminate valuable water resources, where tribes retain treaty rights to hunt, fish and gather wild rice.
by Kirsti Marohn

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