John,
For years, communities in northern Minnesota have been fighting back to stop the expansion of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.
The proposal to extend Line 3 would directly connect the tar sands region of Canada to Superior, WI — crossing 200 bodies of freshwater and violating Ojibwe treaty rights to deliver 760,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day1.
With so much at stake, it’s unacceptable that most presidential candidates haven’t openly declared opposition to Line 3, with the exception of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. That’s why our friends and allies at the frontline of the fight to stop Line 3 are speaking up and asking presidential candidates to oppose the pipeline.
We’re living through a massive oil and gas boom in North America at the worst possible time. Scientists have said we only have 10 years left to drastically slash carbon emissions in time to prevent total climate breakdown. And yet, oil and gas production in the US and Canada are skyrocketing — this year, the US surpassed Saudia Arabia2 as the world’s top oil producer.
Electing a candidate who will stop new fossil fuel projects has to be a top priority for this election. That’s why we’ve been meeting candidates on the campaign trail all over this country to demand they commit to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Line 3 is just one of many oil and gas pipelines threatening communities around the country and our climate, and if candidates want to be seen as real climate leaders, they need to show us they’re willing to pick a side and oppose the fossil fuel projects that are currently on the table.
Let’s do this,
Clarissa
1 - On Indigenous People's Day, Anishinaabeg Leaders March Against Enbridge's $7.5 Billion Oil Pipeline, In These Times
2 - America is set to surpass Saudi Arabia in a ‘remarkable’ oil milestone, CNN Business
