Enbridge Inc., the Canadian-based energy giant, announced yesterday that their new #Line3 tar sands pipeline was complete and that oil is expected to flow through it tomorrow. 
In their press release, Enbridge states that "its completion ensures a safe, reliable supply of North American crude oil to U.S. refineries," which is evocative to their arguments in appeals court defending one of their approved permits.
Instead of showing any proof that forecast the public’s need for more crude oil products, in the appeal hearing against the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Enbridge focused on how there is enough crude being produced in Canada from tar sands to ship it through the line.
Which points to Enbridge's mission of transporting oil through their 1,097-mile-long pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin, no matter if there is public demand; and also suggests after the oil is refined in U.S. refineries, it will be exported.
Their press release also states "throughout the project, Enbridge has shown continuous respect for tribal sovereignty. . .Construction was completed under the supervision of tribal monitors with authority to stop construction to ensure protection of important cultural resources."
Sasha Beaulieu, the Red Lake Tribal Cultural Resource Monitor, says she was never allowed by Enbridge, their contract workers, or law enforcement to enter the construction and drilling areas to effectively observe.
Enbridge workers even wrote on one of their signs that a tribal monitor was required at the Red Lake River drilling area, which is where the Red Lake Treaty Camp was, and where Beaulieu and others lived.
In addition, the fight against #Line3 over the past 8+ years has been predominantly led by Indigenous women and two-spirit people who do not agree that Enbridge respects tribal sovereignty.
"We're sitting in a sacrifice zone, you know, the thought is our people matter less and so they can do this to us and continue to do this genocide they've been doing for hundreds of years on Native people." -- Tara Houska, @GiniwCollective
"[Although] making up less than 4% of the human population, Indigenous people are protecting 80% of the world’s biodiversity. . . The only way we're going to survive this climate crisis is by living in tandem with the nature around us." -- Big Wind, @GiniwCollective
"I come from the Fond du Lac Reservation and I stand in opposition of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline because at home I have three beautiful Indigenous daughters and one strong son." --Taysha Martineau, @campmigizi
To learn more about the Indigenous-led resistance to the #Line3 pipeline, visit our page ---> unicornriot.ninja/line-3-resista…
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