Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org, 914-261-4626
Duluth, MN -- Tomorrow, Saturday, September 28, hundreds of people will gather on the shores of Gichi-gami—Lake Superior— in Duluth for a rally and march to express their ongoing opposition to Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline. The event comes in the wake of the news that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) has denied a key water crossing permit for the pipeline. The crowd will thank the Walz administration and urge them to continue to do everything in their power to stop the pipeline.
If built, Line 3 would carry dirty tar sands oil through critical ecological and cultural resources including Ojibwe treaty land, wild rice lakes, and the headwaters of the Mississippi River, as well as enabling expanded development of tar sands, one of the most climate-polluting fuels on the planet.
WHAT: Hundreds to gather in Duluth for Gichi-gami Gathering to Stop Line 3
WHO: The event is being lead by MN350, Sierra Club, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Power Shift Network, Seek Joy, Northfield Against Line 3, and more, and will be attended by hundreds of people from across Minnesota and the Great Lakes region
WHEN: Saturday, September 28 (UPDATED)
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1:00-1:30: Media availability for interviews with spokespeople
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1:30-2:30: Rally in the park
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2:30-4:00: March along Lake Superior, starting and ending at the park
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4:00: Gichi-gami Gathering (festival with food, performances, interactive art, etc.)
WHERE: Gichi Ode’ Akiing (formerly Lake Place Park), Duluth, MN
VISUALS: A large crowd will rally along the shores of Lake Superior with drums, signs, banners, and other art with anti-pipeline messages
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