Oil and water: The Line 3 debate

Enbridge's new, larger Line 3 pipeline, which carries crude oil across northern Minnesota, was completed in 2021 and began operating in October. But the debate over the project's impact on climate, water and tribal treaty rights continues.

Surprise acquittal in Enbridge pipeline protesters' case
A judge in Clearwater County acquitted three pipeline protesters just hours into the first day of testimony, saying the prosecution failed to prove its case.
Trial starts for climate protesters in Trump, pipeline country
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of three people accused of illegally trying to shut down a pair of oil pipelines in Clearwater County. They argue their actions were justified to head off even greater harm from climate change. But they'll have to persuade jurors in a county where pipelines mean jobs.
Climate change trial: MN jury to decide if protesters' lawbreaking is justified
On Monday, three activists who briefly shut down two oil pipelines in Leonard, Minn., two years ago will argue their civil disobedience was justified because climate change is an imminent danger. It could be a bellwether case.
Opponents of Enbridge oil pipeline protest in Minneapolis
Opponents have protested in downtown Minneapolis against Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
Environmental, tribal groups ask PUC to reconsider Line 3
Environmental and tribal groups have asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to reconsider its approval of Enbridge Energy's plans to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
Protesters conducted a water ceremony and blocked a bridge near Enbridge Energy's planned Line 3 replacement pipeline in northern Minnesota.
Enbridge, Fond du Lac Band reach deal to route Line 3 through reservation
The financial terms of the deal are confidential. But the agreement provides Enbridge with easements through 2039 for the six existing oil pipelines that cross the reservation.
2 found guilty in Wisconsin pipeline protest case
Jurors have convicted two people of disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer following a protest at Enbridge Energy's Line 3 construction site in Wisconsin last summer.
Opponents of Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project file appeal
Opponents of Enbridge Energy's planned Line 3 replacement are asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to declare that the environmental review for the controversial project fails to meet the legal requirements and needs to be redone.