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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Water Protectors Continue to Resist, Blocking Active Work at Line 3 Construction Site</h1>
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<p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6n4FaAkjlsk/YRqAlREbG6I/AAAAAAACFUs/YXZi76lm0qsQoOZzvUpblFqUNngd1t-bQCNcBGAsYHQ/s418/Screenshot%2B2021-08-16%2Bat%2B10.12.09%2BAM.png"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6n4FaAkjlsk/YRqAlREbG6I/AAAAAAACFUs/YXZi76lm0qsQoOZzvUpblFqUNngd1t-bQCNcBGAsYHQ/w552-h640/Screenshot%2B2021-08-16%2Bat%2B10.12.09%2BAM.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="361" height="418"></a></p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JeMWsI5kkfU/YRp_ZD4rdcI/AAAAAAACFUg/cfS-6p0hh6cESUyb0e74FbqeIHmAM2f4ACNcBGAsYHQ/s768/238875519_2917598848569368_5726715014575239812_n.jpg"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JeMWsI5kkfU/YRp_ZD4rdcI/AAAAAAACFUg/cfS-6p0hh6cESUyb0e74FbqeIHmAM2f4ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/238875519_2917598848569368_5726715014575239812_n.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="452" height="254"></a></p><p><span><b><span>Water Protectors Continue to Resist, Blocking Active Work at Line 3 Construction Site</span></b></span></p><div><p><span><b>Giniw Collective<br>August 16, 2021<br>Contact: <a href="mailto:giniw@protonmail.com">giniw@protonmail.com</a></b><br></span></p><p><span>PARK
RAPIDS, Minn. -- This morning, four water protectors locked to each
other and to machines, halting work at an Enbridge Line 3 worksite near
Hay Creek, Minnesota. <br><br>The action comes as the latest in a long arc
of fierce ground resistance in the Line 3 fight; over 700 Water
Protectors have been arrested to date.<br><br>Drought
conditions continue across northern Minnesota, with water restrictions
in place in numerous municipalities. Enbridge continues to pump water
for its tar sands pipeline, now turning to city aquifers, including Park
Rapids.<br><br>Last week, the Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Civil Works, along with other representatives from the Army
Corps of Engineers and Department of the Interior, again met with
Anishinaabe nations, tribal representatives, and land defenders to
discuss Line 3 construction, wild rice beds, and the now 28 chemical
spills into rivers and wetlands by Enbridge, including the headwaters of
the Mississippi River multiple times. The Army Corps and the White
House continue to remain silent.<br><br>“We are at the
11th hour in terms of climate action and corporate globalization has
found ways to criminalize and punish people trying to stop construction
of a project that threatens so many life ways.<br><br>We have exhausted every other option.<br><br>Stop Line 3,” said a Water Protector blocking construction.<br><br>“I
am here on the frontlines alongside Anishinaabe and Dakota relatives
who have put a call out for help. The wild rice is at risk due to Line
3, the drought and catastrophic climate change. All of which cause or
are in direct correlation to green house gases. We need to rapidly
transform our energy system and this starts now, not 20 years from now,”
said another Water Protector risking self for all future generations.</span></p><p><span><br><i>Giniw
Collective is an Indigenous-women, 2-Spirit led frontline resistance to
protect our Mother, defend the sacred and live in balance. We stand
unafraid. Prayers into action. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or
Instagram @GiniwCollective</i></span></p></div>
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