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“#Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota,\u00a0protesters are occupying part of the construction area<\/a>\u00a0and pledging a \u201csummer of resistance\u201d on the ground and in court.<\/p>\n

Enbridge, which has obtained all necessary\u00a0state and federal permits\u00a0<\/a>for the\u00a0Line 3 project,\u00a0<\/a>says it will be finished by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

The Canadian company describes it as essential for reliable oil supplies in both nations, saying the plan has undergone rigorous environmental permitting and will boost Minnesota\u2019s economy. Opponents contend it endangers waterways, violates indigenous treaty rights and abets dependence on fossil fuels that will further overheat the planet.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s beyond dispute is that the project fits into an escalating battle over the future of energy pipelines, which federal regulators say are general<\/a>ly safer than hauling fuels by rail or highway but pose their own hazards, particularly spills in ecologically sensitive places.<\/p>\n

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Police officers confront demonstrators as they protest the Line 3 pipeline by occupying an Enbridge pump station construction site in Hubbard County on the third day of the Treaty People Gathering, an organized protest of the Line 3 pipeline, built by Enbridge Energy, in Park Rapids, Minnesota, U.S., June 7, 2021. <\/figcaption>
Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is the line 3 project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 1,097-mile line is part of an Enbridge network that moves oil from fields in Canada\u2019s Alberta province to refineries in southern Ontario and the U.S. Midwest. It crosses the far northeastern tip of North Dakota, then cuts through northern Minnesota to a terminal at Superior, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The line carries nearly 16.4 million gallons (62 million liters) of oil used in fuels and other products.<\/p>\n

Enbridge says the original 1960s pipe is deteriorating and carrying about half its capacity. The company is replacing it with pipe made of stronger steel that it says would enable resumption of a normal flow \u2014 about 32 million gallons daily.<\/p>\n

Work is finished in Canada, North Dakota and Wisconsin and 60% complete in Minnesota, where 337 miles (542 kilometers) of new pipe is being laid. A new section veers south around reservation land of the Leech Lake tribe, which objected to the project. The detour adds about 50 miles to the length.<\/p>\n

\"Demonstrators
Demonstrators protest the Line 3 pipeline by occupying an Enbridge pump station construction site in Hubbard County on the third day of the Treaty People Gathering, an organized protest of the Line 3 pipeline, built by Enbridge Energy, in Park Rapids, Minnesota, U.S., June 7, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aside from protests and civil disobedience, what options do opponents have?<\/strong><\/p>\n

They await a ruling from the Minnesota Court of App<\/a>eals on whether the state Public Utilities Commission\u2019s approval was lawful. A pending suit challenges the Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 issuance of a permit. State and federal judges have refused to halt construction while the cases proceed.<\/p>\n

Also, groups are pushing President Joe Biden to order the Corps to withdraw the Clean Water Act permit.\u00a0During a protest Monday,<\/a>\u00a0actress Jane Fonda carried a placard with Biden\u2019s image and the words, \u201cWhich side are you on?\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Biden pleased environmentalists by\u00a0canceling the Keystone XL project,<\/a>\u00a0his administration has not done likewise with other disputed pipelines, including\u00a0the Dakota Access line<\/a>\u00a0near the Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakotas.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has stayed on the sidelines while the legal process over Line 3 unfolds. His hands-off approach differs from that of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a fellow Democrat\u00a0who ordered Enbridge to shut down Line 5,<\/a>\u00a0which moves oil from Superior, Wisconsin, through Michigan to Sarnia, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Whitmer\u2019s demand focuses on a roughly 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) section beneath a channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, where the state granted an easement for the pipeline in 1953 and now seeks to revoke it. That action is also tied up in court.<\/p>\n

Line 3 opponents are focusing on blocking the rebuilding project instead of shutting down the line, although their long-term goal is making it obsolete through conversion from fossil fuels to renewable energy.<\/p>\n

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A Department of Homeland Security Helicopters uses its rotor wash to stir up dirt as activists take materials to build barricades at an occupied Enbridge Line 3 pump station near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday, June 7, 2021. <\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why are energy pipelines becoming a cause celebre?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day after Fonda joined Line 3 protesters in Minnesota, the National Wildlife Federation in Michigan announced a radio and television ad campaign against Line 5 featuring actor Jeff Daniels. While environmental and indigenous activists have fought energy pipelines for years, the involvement of celebrities is one illustration of widening resistance.<\/p>\n

It comes after high-profile spills in the past decade, including\u00a0a 2010 rupture<\/a>\u00a0of an Enbridge line in southern Michigan that sent oil into the Kalamazoo River. A resulting federal consent decree required Enbridge to upgrade the U.S. portion of Line 3.<\/p>\n

Another factor: rising awareness that racial minorities suffer disproportionate harm from environmental damage.<\/p>\n

Native Americans have been on the front lines of opposition to pipelines, some of which run through or near reservations. They say Line 3 threatens their waters and rights to gather wild rice, fish and hunt on ancestral lands. Enbridge says it consulted with tribes in rerouting the line to protect cultural resources and has employed more than 500 native people for the project.<\/p>\n

Also fueling the battle against pipelines is climate change. Many activists consider virtually any project \u2014 whether new, an expansion or a replacement of existing pipes \u2014 a lifeline for fossil fuels that delays the transition to cleaner energy that scientists say is needed quickly to avoid catastrophic warming.<\/p>\n

Enbridge says people will need oil for years to come and shutting down pipelines will mean more shipments by train and truck.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrators lock themselves to Enbridge equipment during a protest against the Line 3 pipeline at a pumping station in Hubbard County, Minnesota, U.S., June 7, 2021. <\/figcaption>
Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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