Rally: Solidarity with Bad River! Shut down Line 5!

Rally to support Bad River's call to
SHUT DOWN THE ENBRIDGE LINE 5 OIL PIPELINE.

Friday, June 2, 2023 4 PM - 6 PM
Lake Avenue & Superior Street, Downtown Duluth

“At this moment, just one more storm could expose the oil pipeline to the river’s current, and we could experience a release of oil akin to what happened in the Yellowstone River in 2011 or the Arkansas River in 2013.” – Mike Wiggins Jr., Bad River Tribal Chair

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and allies across the Great Lakes are calling on us to help protect drinking water, wild rice, fisheries, and cultural survival.

The Line 5 pipeline is a few yards from imminent catastrophe at the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Springtime flooding and erosion have caused the Bad River to come within 11 feet of the pipeline (down from 320 feet in 1963). Over one month, more than half the remaining riverbank has disappeared. The next rainfall event could cause a “guillotine rupture” – a vertical break causing oil to gush from both sides, poisoning Mashkiiziibii (Bad River) and Gichigami (Lake Superior).