Tonight there is a public hearing on the Enbridge pipelines running through Northern MN and Red Lake Nation's ceded lands near Leonard, MN:
Notice of Public Hearing . Docket Number: PL-9/CN-12-590. Event Type: Public Hearings. In the Matter of: the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership for a Certificate of Need for the Line 67 Station Upgrade Project in Marshall, Clearwater, and Itasca Counties. Industry: Electric. Energy Facilities. Other. Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Clearbrook City Gym
200 Elm Street SE
Clearbrook, MN 55634
And another tomorrow night:
Notice of Public Hearing . Docket Number: PL-9/CN-12-590. Event Type: Public Hearings. In the Matter of: the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership for a Certificate of Need for the Line 67 Station Upgrade Project in Marshall, Clearwater, and Itasca Counties. Industry: Electric. Energy Facilities. Other. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Deer River American Legion
12 1st Street NE
Deer River, MN 56636
Attend one if you can.
Above the fold, one video from Sunday - Day 18, and more video and words below:
Contact information is clear in this video so more and better journalists can start to cover this story. Send this video link and your own requests your favorite journalists cover this. Also - the discussion of the authenticity of the call, and the comedy/irony of the fence refers to the conversation with Enbridge spokesperson Becky Haas recorded in the Red Lake Direct Action to Stop Illegal Enbridge Pipeline youtube.
Twin Cities Indymedia man Dan Feidt (@hongpong on twitter) interviews Tom Goldtooth from IENearth.org
Related news:
Enbridge Inc. is seeking approval from the U.S. State Department to sharply upgrade its oil delivery from Canada's tar sands region to Superior, WI according to government documents published on Friday.
TransCanada whistleblower says, "Under deadlines of cost and schedule for pipelines, quality concerns are reduced from compliance with the code to what risks can the company get away with."
In Minneapolis, Senator Amy Klobuchar's constituents rallied and held a press conference outside her office, urging a "No!" vote on Hoeven's S. 582 "A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline". Klobuchar was target of MN350 effort to generate large volume of calls against Keystone after she made statements in support of State Dept EIS that suggested Nebraska reroute is enough, after her appearance at the MN Environmental Congress on Friday.
Within a few days I hope to have some video rendered, edited and exported from Friday's MN Environmental Congress. In the meantime please follow the #RLblockade hashtag on twitter, and urge mainstream media to cover the protest encampment, Enbridge's problem with the route without an easement through Red Lake, and the fact that Enbridge has been reckless in laying pipe where it doesn't belong, failing to clean up spills like the 1979 Pinewood / Bemidji Spill, that pipelines kill, like in the 2007 Clearbrook blast, and that tar sands exploitation must stop for the sake of the climate and basic human rights.