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Midwest Protesters Rally Against Line 3 Pipeline
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Hundreds of people from across the Midwest gathered along the shores of Gitchi-gami (Lake Superior) in Duluth, Minnesota, this afternoon. They came together to voice opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project. First Nations, environmental groups, and communities in the Great Lakes region have been fighting this replacement plan for the past five years.
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