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Protesters Lock Down Inside Segment Of Enbridge Line 3 Pipe

The group Giniw Collective released photos showing people inside of a section of pipe near Backus.

(CBS News)

January 14, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A number of protesters say they’ve locked up to each other inside a segment of the under-construction Enbridge Line 3 pipe.

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The group Giniw Collective released photos showing people inside of a section of pipe near Backus. They say that “several cultural site maps, numerous sacred and significant sites lie in the path of the Line 3 project.”

“Enbridge’s last ditch effort to build fossil fuel infrastructure is killing people and the planet. I refuse to be complicit in settler colonialist practices, and feel that I have to put my body on the line to protect indigenous communities sovereignty and all of our futures,” protester Abby Horberger said.

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