Activists Block Controversial Pipeline On US-Canada Border
Umer Jamshaid Published June 09, 2021 | 09:30 AM
Lake Itasca, United States, June 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Jun, 2021 ) :Environmental activists and Native American protestors blocked construction of a controversial oil pipeline between Canada and the United States for several hours, with police reportedly arresting dozens of demonstrators.
To the cries of "Stop Line 3" and the sound of tribal drums, several hundred protesters, including actress and activist Jane Fonda, occupied the construction site in Lake Itasca, Minnesota, on Monday before being dislodged by the police.
Built by the Canadian company Enbridge, the Line 3 pipeline takes oil from the tar sands in Edmonton, in Canada's Alberta province, to refineries in Superior, Wisconsin.
But the new route, which should make it possible to increase the volume transported, faces opposition from Native American communities who warn that local rivers are threatened by oil spills, which would devastate their way of life.
They also denounced what they said was a violation of treaties tribes signed with the US government and called on President Joe Biden to revoke Enbridge's licenses.
Police made dozens of arrests, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, which reported that a Department of Homeland Security helicopter blew dust on the rally in an attempt to break it up.
Police also attempted to force out the protesters, some of whom had chained themselves to construction equipment, by using a crowd-dispelling sonic Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), according to the New York Times.
"Enbridge should not be building a replacement pipeline through the state of Minnesota and through these waters," environmental activist Josiah Hanka told AFP. "I'm willing to take the risk to stop this."Mary Rosenberg, another protester, said, "I still have hope that we can stop this, and we have to... We need our water, we need pure water and we can't have the oil mixed in it."Enbridge in late April said about half of Line 3 had already been built.
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