Let's talk about Minnesotans for Line 3, the propaganda arm of @Enbridge's #Line3 expansion project. 🧵 (1/10)
Minnesotans for Line 3 (M4L3) was founded in 2018 by the late Bob Schoneberger, a previous Enbridge employee and the then-CEO of United Piping Inc., a fossil fuel infrastructure contractor that stood to benefit from a Line 3 expansion. (2/10)

linkedin.com/in/bob-schoneb…
Not long after its founding, M4L3 began to play dirty.

In 2018, members of M4L3 stockpiled limited tickets to an @MN_PUC hearing regarding Line 3, only to skip the meeting, depriving the public of its ability to voice concern over Line 3. (3/10)

mprnews.org/story/2018/06/…
While that was happening, this "grassroots" group was spending massive sums of money on pro-pipeline propaganda - so much so that it became one of the top 10 interest groups pushing digital campaign ads in 2018. (4/10)

duluthnewstribune.com/business/energ…
And where was that money coming from?

Turns out, Line 3's grassroots support is greatly exaggerated. Enbridge itself bankrolled M4L3's TV ads and hired a PR firm to manufacture support for the pipeline. (5/10)

desmogblog.com/2019/06/06/enb…
Ironically, Velocity Public Affairs (the PR firm hired to push Line 3) was so embarrassed by the dirty work it did for Enbridge that it deleted the web page describing that work. Spreading oil propaganda must be bad for business. (6/10)
.@Enbridge is no stranger to this kind of deceptive propaganda-pushing. They've done it before in 2017, when they funded ads to "modernize Minnesota" (with oil) from Consumer Energy Alliance, another front group for big oil. (7/10)

news.littlesis.org/2017/12/06/out…
M4L3 is even on Twitter at @minnesotans4L3, where they presumably use their @Enbridge cash to further spread dishonest propaganda about Line 3.

For reference, our account is run by volunteers who care about more than just paychecks :) (8/10)
So if you're listening to the radio or on YouTube in Minnesota and you encounter an ad for Line 3, consider the source. What are their interests? Who's paying them to say these things? In all likelihood, it's an oil company paying them to promote oil infrastructure. (9/10)
Foreign oil executives and their lackeys are posing as concerned neighbors in Minnesota, and something needs to be done about it. Join us in the movement to #StopLine3, so we can put an end to tar sands in Minnesota. (10/10)

Support the movement: linktr.ee/stopline3

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22 Mar
Every Monday we will be sharing #StopLine3 updates from the previous week.

Here is a thread on last week (Mar. 15-21) 🧵: Resisting Line 3 weekly updates: March 15-21
On March 15th, actress & climate activist @Janefonda joined Indigenous leaders on the frontlines to bring attention to the #StopLine3 fight.

She called attention to the impact of tar sands oil, and also to unfair policing practices in Northern MN. (1/11)
On March 15, Executive Director of @ProtestLaw was pulled over while driving in a caravan w/ other water protectors.

They were subjected to one of the illegal stops often executed by cops in service of @Enbridge, to harass and suppress resistance. (2/11)
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the largest ever inland oil spill in U.S. history - and it happened because of the current Line 3 pipeline, right here in Minnesota.

Here's the story of that spill. 🧵 (1/7)
On March 3rd, 1991, a huge rupture in the Line 3 pipeline near Grand Rapids, Minnesota caused oil to shoot over 50 feet into the air. It soaked trees, saturated the surrounding wetlands, and coated icy rivers.

When all was done, 1.7 million gallons of oil had spilled. (2/7)
Oil from the pipeline made it into the nearby Prairie River, only half a mile from the Mississippi.

The only reason it didn't get to the Mississippi is it was still winter, and the river ice stopped the oil from getting too far. In May, it would've been a different story. (3/7)
Read 7 tweets
1 Mar
Every Monday we will be sharing #StopLine3 updates from the previous week. Here is a thread on last week (Feb. 22-28) 🧵:
On February 24th, @Giniw led an action where water protectors blockaded over a dozen Line 3 worksites. They locked down to a flipped-over vehicle, and ascended 35 ft into the air on a bi-pod. (1/8)

Watch the video on Giniw's FB page: fb.watch/3Z79sUo_0m/
On February 24th, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council came out opposing Line 3. (2/8) mprnews.org/story/2021/02/…
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20 Feb
(1/6) Earlier today, reports of a person throwing a “suspicious package” onto a Line 3 construction site were used to vilify water protectors. Emergency alerts called the incident a potential “explosive hazard,” but law enforcement confirmed no explosive devices were at the site.
(2/6) No evidence has been released that shows that protesters had any role in the incident. In the words of Camp Migizi, “Peaceful protests are not illegal. There are no explosives…
(3/6) “...Law enforcement induced hysteria is being used to manipulate the masses to (curb) resistance.The only immediate danger is the wellbeing of the rice, and the water.”
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