CSB/SJU's Climate Justice Club (spearheaded by  Melissa, Charly, and Danee, among MANY others) has been working tirelessly against Line 3, an oil pipeline threatening Indigenous rights, clean water, and the global climate. To get involved, email CJC or join the Climate Justice Club Slack page.

In collaboration with Climate Justice Club, the CSB/SJU Sustainability Council has written a letter of opposition to Line 3 because of its blatant disregard to the Benedictine values and basic human rights. Climate Justice Club encourages you to read the statement (pdf also available here)and ADD YOUR NAME to the CSB/SJU Letter of Opposition to Line 3 so we can show student support when we take this letter to the CSB/SJU Presidents!!

Stopping Line 3 will be our biggest step in moving toward a fossil free future. Letting it be built through Minnesota will be the last nail in the climate coffin.

LN3: 7 TEACHINGS OF THE ANISHINAABE RESISTANCE from Honor the Earth on Vimeo.

Line 3 will have the climate impact of  17,078 TIMES what CSB emits annually.

CSB/SJU Resources
Extending the Link - LO$E LINE 3 video

Corrie Grosse - PechaKucha (20 slides) presentation on Line 3

People, Planet, & Profit Episode: Line 3 Pipeline and Activism as a College Student

Further Research: Issues (from StopLine3.org/ISSUES)

Indigenous Rights - Sovereignty, Treaty Rights, Free and Prior Informed Consent

Climate Change - No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure! Line 3 "Social Cost of Carbon" = $287 BILLION. Affects indigenous people the most worldwide

Construction Impacts: Man Camps, MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), Drug/Sex Trafficking, Wild Rice Beds, Historic and Sacred Sites

Spill Impacts: Worst Possible Route. Environmental Justice and Disparate Impact. Human Health and Structural Racism

From Wells to Wheels: Extreme Extraction in the Alberta Tar Sands. Environmental Racism at Refineries. Tar Sands is the Dirtiest Fuel

No Economic Need: Tar Sands Industry is dying fast. MN Refineries have enough already. We are transitioning to renewable energy!

Abandonment: Financial and Ecological Risks. Leave a Mess for future generations. Enbridge's "Landowner Choice Program" is NOT enough

An Unfair Process: Tribal Voices Silenced. Tribal Issues Ignored. A Stacked Deck for Enbridge.

Past Events:

ACT NOW: Thursday, March 11th at 3:00pm Rise by the River AGAINST LINE 3

Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Honor the Earth, Sierra Club and many more organizations are co-sponsoring this rally to support Water Protectors. For full information, click on the TITLE or check out the event on FACEBOOK HERE.

As soon as the spring melt comes to the rivers of northern Minnesota, Enbridge is poised to drill their Line 3 pipeline under the headwaters of the Mississippi. This pipeline is a climate disaster, a threat to the drinking water we all depend on, and a direct violation of the treaty rights of the Anishinaabe people.  With water about to flow, we need people and communities of faith and spiritual practice to come together NOW. 

President Biden can stop Line 3. We need to make clear to this administration what leading on climate means — building a world where water is sacred, treaties with Native nations are respected, and where rural communities have access to safe and sustainable jobs. 

Indigenous Water Protectors and allies are putting their bodies on the line up north to disrupt construction. Let's show them that they are not alone. Join us on Thursday, March 11, as we Rise by the Mississippi to Stop Line 3!

STOP LINE 3 Event - March 5th