Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Wild Rice Against Enbridge Energy Line 3 Pipeline

CBS Minnesota

August 7, 2021

Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline are taking a new approach in court. They’ve filed a lawsuit on behalf of wild rice.

That’s to say wild rice is the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed Wednesday in White Earth Nation Tribal Court.

The lawsuit names the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources among the defendants. It says water permits allowing Enbridge to pump up to 5 billion gallons of groundwater will harm wild rice, especially during a drought.

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