Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:10 PM
Subject: Stop Line 3
Cheryl —
Stopping Line 3 is a matter of justice.
If built, the Line 3 pipeline would transport an estimated 760,000 barrels of carbon-intensive tar sands oil every day from Alberta, Canada to the shores of Lake Superior in Wisconsin. If built, Line 3 would destroy the sacred wild rice beds that the Anishinaabe people depend on for their food, culture, and way of life; it would release as much climate pollution as 50 new coal-fired power plants; it would endanger more than 800 waterways.
That’s why bold Water Protectors have been putting their bodies on the line to stop construction of this colonial pipeline: blocking construction with pianos, locking themselves inside sections of the pipeline, and blockading entrances to construction sites.
In solidarity with the fight to stop Line 3, the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition announced a major new campaign this week: #DefundLine3.
As Tara Houska, the founder of Indigenous frontline resistance camp, Giniw Collective, wrote in a Common Dreams piece announcing the launch of the campaign: “Now is the time for us to defund the White Supremacist, carbon bomb that is Line 3.”
350 Seattle is excited to join the campaign to stop the money pipeline to Line 3. Here’s how we plan to do so.
On March 31st, 18 banks have a $2.2 billion loan to Enbridge, the company behind Line 3, that is due for renewal. Every week till then, Stop the Money Pipeline and its 150+ coalition partners will be issuing a different call to action that helps put pressure on those banks. You’ll be asked to send direct emails to CEOs, call board members, take part in Covid-safe street protests, participate in projection actions, join online rallies, and much more.
If enough of us create pressure with these actions, the companies funding Line 3 will walk away from this toxic tar sands pipeline.
There are two actions that you can take right now to join the campaign.
- RSVP for the #DefundLine3 Campaign Kick-Off event on Tuesday, February 16th at 5 PST / 6 MST / 7 CST / 8 EST. At the campaign kick-off event, Anishinaabe frontline leaders Tara Houska and Taysha Martineau will share stories from the frontlines, and organizers will walk through the campaign plan step-by-step, let you know how you can participate at every stage, and give you the tools you need to get involved.
- Click here to send the CEOs of 18 major banks a message that they MUST walk away from Enbridge and Line 3 on March 31st.
Your email will go directly to the inboxes of the CEOs at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, CitiBank, and the fifteen other banks funding Line 3. This action is a first step you can take to send a direct message to Wall Street: Walk away from Line 3 or there will be consequences.
We’re excited to join this major national campaign; we hope you will be, too. Together, we can build a movement powerful enough that will #StopLine3.
In solidarity
– Alec (350 Seattle) and Matt (Mazaska Talks) for the Stop the Money Pipeline team
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