John,
Defeating Keystone XL and re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement were significant victories for the climate movement. But there's another major tar sands pipeline underway — the Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota — and President Biden has the power to halt construction immediately.
The bad news is that we're running out of time to do something about this. But the good news is that we have a clear path to win. Joe Biden can revoke the water permits granted by Trump, but he'll only act if we generate enough public pressure.
Line 3 is the first major climate test for President Biden. If he means what he says about taking bold climate action, this project must be stopped.
Indigenous water protectors and allies in Minnesota have been fighting this project for years, taking peaceful, direct action to protect this land. But now the bulldozers have arrived to plow through sacred wild rice watersheds, over 800 wetlands, and 200+ bodies of water in Ojibwe treaty territory. The drones are overhead and the police are militarized. We need national pressure now.
Every signature will be personally delivered to the Biden administration, and we'll share our number of signatures with the press to show our momentum:
Climate science and treaty rights clearly show that this pipeline would harm sacred sites and push our climate further into crisis. It must be stopped.
Thank you for taking action,
Team Bowman
