Thread by @ResistLine3

Wondering what's happening lately in the movement to #StopLine3?

Here's what's been going on in the last month. REad on for the updates. 🧵

While boring through the Mississippi River headwaters, @Enbridge spilled large quantities of drilling mud and industrial chemicals into the ecosystem. Months later, heavy rains are revealing the extent of the ecological devastation caused by the company’s negligence.

For reference- here’s a comparison of the Mississippi River headwaters before and after Line 3.

Credit to WCMCoop for the first photo and Ron Turney for the second.

This week, a group of representatives from the movement to #StopLine3, including Anishinaabe leaders, researchers, state legislators, and educators, presented a panel about the Line 3 pipeline at the ongoing #COP26 UN conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

.@SenTinaSmith has long evaded taking a stance on Line 3. She was recently asked by @HungerStr1ke to pressure Biden to stop the pipeline. Again, she refused to commit when asked if she'd join the elected officials telling the administration to #StopLine3.

Youth organizers around the US mobilized dozens of actions targeting financiers of the fossil fuel industry like @Chase, @BlackRock, @Vanguard_Group, and even the Federal Reserve to call for a Fossil Free Future.

In Minneapolis, a #StopLine3 action was planned by @IiycTc.

The “rights of nature” lawsuit brought forth by manoomin (wild rice) and White Earth Nation against @mndnr is advancing through the courts.

This historic case is the first such motion filed in US tribal court, and could set a powerful precedent for environmental protections.

Call for submissions: defendant storytelling!

We want to uplift the stories of water protectors arrested in this fight. How has the movement to stop line 3 impacted your theory of change? How will your charges impact you?

Learn more and submit at bit.ly/defendantstory.

ABC Nightline released a two part documentary series about the Line 3 resistance featuring interviews with Taysha Martineau and Tara Houska.

And finally, an update from the Resist Line 3 Media Collective:

We’ve decided to shift these recaps to a monthly basis as the Line 3 resistance enters a new era. Thank you all for following the fight these past several months. We won’t stop until we #StopLine3!