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Rep. Ilhan Omar, members of 'The Squad' protest Enbridge Line 3 pipeline Fact: These economic benefits the GOP claim connected to Line 3 can't see the forest through the trees as the saying goes.  Just like with DAPL, all these thousands of jobs are promised when most are NOT permanent. Then there's the other issue, there's no planet B.  -  Line 3 pipeline: Progressive Dems implore Biden to shut it down  Heavy rains spare trails on public lands   via  @DailySentinelGJ I have my suspicions. - Trail signs stolen, fencing destroyed, officials searching for culprit

More than likely more will be added tomorrow.  That's been the way things have been since the beginning of time it seems. They are as well when it comes to fossil fuel extraction. -  Indigenous Communities Feel Like a ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in the Wake of Ida’s Destruction  Key committee marks up its part of the $3.5 trillion budget package with some of it aimed at natural disasters  Watched what is described here earlier today. Quite powerful. Will Biden listen this time? -  Omar and 'Squad' urge Biden to stop Line 3 construction  All posted below this line posted on 9/4 __________________________________ 'Squad' members call on Biden to shut down Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota  Hey Minnesotans, these Minnesota legislators should lose their jobs. They're not working for you. They're working for the fossil fuel company, the usual GOP thing! Every last one of them should lose their jobs ASAP -  Statement from Minnesota Legislators on DC Squad Visit to Prot...

As far away as 1,000 miles, as close as a glass of water Wild rice sues to stop oil pipeline  via  @highcountrynews Interesting that they're blaming the fence on water protectors (they call them protesters in the article - they still haven't gotten it right) who are peaceful not those who have shown their violence across the country, you know like anti-vaxxers, white supremacists.  -  “Nobody likes the idea of a fence,” said Col. Matt Langer, the head of the Minnesota State Patrol. “I don’t anticipate the fence being up and down and up and down. But I can’t also predict the future.”   via  @MinnPost A Sanctuary Takes Shape, Framed Around Migrants  Always a promise of permanent jobs but nothing said about the contamination  of the land  that will come or the threat to their water.  Indigenous lands always becoming national sacrifice areas?  - These tribal activists want Biden to stop a planned lithium mine their sacred land near...

Road runner stopped by Trump's border wall wins Bird Photographer of the Year  @sciencefocus This brings to mind MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail where he described the need for direct action now. The same is true here in 2021 iI's time President Biden act responsibly re #Line3. We can wait no longer. -   Pressure is building on President Biden to step in and stop Line 3 — Opinion  via  @mnreformer Stand against fossil fuels -  Environmentalists, Indigenous rights activists continue to protest as Line 3 pipeline project nears completion  Climate-Jacked Monsoon Defeats Trump’s Border Wall  The question is can they be trusted or is this just another ruse for them in their attempts to keep the oil flowing into their pockets? -  Oil and gas pipeline industry tries to reinvent itself with carbon capture plans   Ruby Montoya Submits Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea in Dakota Access Pipeline Case - Red Lake Nation News  Common sense -  "Th...

As Line 3 nears completion, pipeline battles are far from over  via  @mprnews Hundreds March From Governor Residence, Urge Chase Bank to Defund Line 3 Activists Say Nat Grid Pipeline Violates Civil Rights Act  Praying this goes through.  Praying this goes through -   U.S. House Democrat proposes repeal of Arctic refuge oil lease  Something you may want to read through here. Some good news is presented though not what many of us want to see re: pipelines. -  Good as news: positive environmental stories you may have missed  Public Lands, New Outdoor Store Concept from DICK'S Sporting Goods, Announces Support for Conservation of and Access to Public Lands and Outdoor Spaces Ahead of Grand Opening New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham aligns State with federal conservation initiative   via  @CCurrentArgus Laughing at this wonderful destruction of this so called "big beautiful wall" falling apart just like that former guy in the WH has. How...

Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters  Nation's 1st Carbon Credits Project Using Trees in Michigan State Forests All posted below this line posted on 8/30 ___________________________________ Minnesota troopers arrest 69 protesting Line 3 pipeline outside governor's mansion Opinion: For Navajo, crowded homes have always been a lifeline. The pandemic threatens that. Interior denies request for new Alaska refuge survey  via  @politico All posted below this line posted on 8/31 ___________________________________ Omar, McCollum, others request Biden's 'urgent intervention' in Line 3  Company Begins to Remove Keystone XL Infrastructure, Permits from SD  Was this a Trump judge?  They made the wrong decision, period. It makes me wonder about payoffs from Enbridge. I wouldn't put anything past them. They have been paying for MN cops. This is fact. It has been reported. Where's our just transition off...

Opinion: The perils of cutting public out of post-fire forest decisions   via  @registerguard   Morose, asinine Texan GOP! Wasteful of tax dollars. Why is this not surprising? Guess they have ignored how this "big, beautiful wall" has failed already. SMH -  Texas House gives initial OK to adding $2 billion for border security as state moves to build border wall   via  @TexasTribune Moving us closer to destruction because  President Biden  refuses to shutdown  #Line3 . Have to say it again, this is NOT a replacement pipeline. It's a brand new one. Get your facts straight!  Remember too that this oil is the same thick filthy tar sands oil that would have flowed through the KXL. We don't need either.  -  Varcoe : After surviving another legal challenge, Line 3 closes in on reality  MN troopers arrest 69 protesting Line 3 pipeline after some chained themselves to the fence outside the Gov.'s mansion  via  @pioneerpre...