Line 3 pipeline protesters gather at Minnesota Capitol
Posted By: voxpopuli, 8/25/2021 5:06:19 PM
Wednesday, hundreds of protesters gathered amid a four-day event calling on state and federal leaders to stop the progress of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline. Protesters were gathering for the "Treaties not Tar Sands Rally to Stop Line 3" at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. "I think my whole life and my whole history is defined by water," Karen Goulet, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe who is helping to lead the rally, said in a statement.
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Macalester College announced on Monday that they will divest all of their publicly traded oil and gas investments, including from Enbridge, Inc., in response to the student divestment proposal in the protest of the Line 3 tar sands pipeline replacement project.
According to the college, the Board of Trustees of Macalester College decided to:
Divest of all dedicated, publicly traded oil and gas assets, including all shares of Enbridge, Inc.
Wednesday, hundreds of protesters gathered amid a four-day event calling on state and federal leaders to stop the progress of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline.
Protesters were gathering for the "Treaties not Tar Sands Rally to Stop Line 3" at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
"I think my whole life and my whole history is defined by water," Karen Goulet, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe who is helping to lead the rally, said in a statement.
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But are there really no big conspiracies?
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The U.S. ambassador
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the sorosite commies on the march again.. this time against the evil oil pipelines.. Ace Girl Reporterette, becky, taking all the claptrap at face value..