Natalie Cook, natalie.cook@sierraclub.org, 651-295-3483
Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org, 914-261-4626
Bemidji, MN -- On Friday, November 2, local environmental and Indigenous advocates, faith leaders, Youth Climate Intervenors, and members of local tribes will attend their first court appearance following a peaceful act of civil disobedience urging Governor Mark Dayton to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Participants will be available for interviews outside the courthouse ahead of the hearing to discuss their opposition to Line 3 and next steps in the campaign to stop the tar sands pipeline.
WHAT: Court appearance for anti-Line 3 pipeline activists
WHO: Faith leaders; Youth Climate Intervenors; local environmental and Indigenous advocates, including:
- Margaret Levin, Director, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
- Dawn Goodwin, Anishinaabe, White Earth
- Akilah Sanders-Reed, Youth Climate Intervenor
- Doug Rasch, Horsehill Gardens resident
- Scott Russell, Co-Chair, Beyond Oil and Tar Sands Committee, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
- Tom Schmidt, Interfaith Minister
WHEN: Friday, November 2nd at 1pm
WHERE: Beltrami County Courthouse, 600 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
WHY: If built, Line 3 would threaten Minnesota’s land, clean water, Tribal sovereignty, and our climate. Local leaders are standing together in their continued call on Governor Dayton to act immediately to stop this pipeline.
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