U.S. Inland Oil Spill: Enbridge's Line 3 Expansion 🚱

Enbridge Energy is trying to expand the Line 3 pipeline to transport some of the dirtiest oil on Earth under the Mississippi River. What the company doesn’t want you to know is that they're responsible for some of the largest inland oil spills in US history…and they’re likely to cause more.

30 years ago today, Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline ruptured in Grand Rapids, MN, causing 1.7 million gallons of oil to leak into the Prairie River. If not for the 18 inches of ice on top of the river, the spill could have poisoned the drinking water of millions along the Mississippi river.

Activists and environmental groups say that if Line 3 is expanded, another spill is certain to happen, threatening the Mississippi River and Indigenous land.
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