As the heat built to an uncomfortable peak earlier this afternoon, a group of about fifty people rallied outside the state capitol building to protest Enbridge, a Canadian energy infrastructure corporation, and its Line 3 oil pipeline project. Tim Cordon is an organizer with Building Unity, a social justice organization. He says Madison’s demonstrators will […]
Checking in on the Enbridge Line 3 protests with Winona LaDuke
Over the past month, authorities and police in northern Minnesota have cracked down on protesters at Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline — arresting demonstrators and deploying crowd control measures. Protesters say the oil pipeline is an ecological disaster waiting to happen, and that Enbridge trampled tribal lands and rights for the project. Enbridge says replacing their […]
Opposition to Proposed Enbridge Line 5 Upgrades
For the first part of today’s show, we hear about the opposition to a proposed new segment of Enbridge Line 5 and the risks it poses to Wisconsin waters with Rob Lee, staff attorney at Midwest Environmental Advocates. Cover image: “Worker tight – Enbridge Oil Spill pipeline removal 2” by the US Environmental Protection Agency, […]
Boasted Liberty & Unholy License: Patriotism and Concerns on the ...
“Let’s be careful on July 4th, with all the flag-waving,” says Matt Rothschild, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. There could be plenty of reasons to put away the flags on this Independence Day, from a slippery slope to fascism, curtailed rights to privacy, the US Supreme Court’s failure to address voter suppression and […]
Split Show: Enbridge Pipeline and Miss Saigon Controversy
In 2010, an Enbridge pipeline spilled one million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River, a tributary of Lake Michigan. Dane County wants Enbridge to carry extra insurance in case of a similar disaster with the pipeline here; Enbridge has taken to the courts to remove this requirement. For the first segment of […]
Reflecting on a Land Fight with Enbridge
Thursday Buzz host Tony Castañeda speaks with James Botsford. In 2016, Botsford was sued by Enbridge’s subsidiary, North Dakota Pipeline Co., when he refused to sell the company his land in the Baaken oilfields of western North Dakota. To learn more about Kelo v. New London, the 2005 Supreme Court case that extended the reach of […]
