Tabuchi writes: "The Biden administration has defended a contentious pipeline project that would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota's delicate watersheds, urging in a court brief that a challenge brought by local tribes and environmental groups be thrown out."
Demonstrators gathered this month in Minnesota for a traditional Indigenous water ceremony during a protest against the Line 3 project. (photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images)
Biden Administration Backs Permits for Enbridge Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
27 June 21
The administration urged a court to throw out a challenge brought by tribal and environmental groups, backing a pipeline that would carry Canadian oil across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
he Biden administration has defended a contentious pipeline project that would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota’s delicate watersheds, urging in a court brief that a challenge brought by local tribes and environmental groups be thrown out.
The closely watched filing in federal court was the latest in a series of actions taken by the administration to back Trump-era approvals of oil and gas infrastructure, despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut emissions from fossil fuels, a major driver of climate change. The pipeline, which is known as Line 3 and is being built by Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Energy, has been the focus of mass protests in recent weeks.
Mr. Biden could still decide to withdraw the federal permits that the pipeline depends upon for construction to proceed. But for now, the administration is defending a decision by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to issue those permits. That decision was made in the closing days of the Trump Administration.
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