My name is Whitney Terrill. I’m a GreenFaith Fellow who works for Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. I urge you to join us here in Minnesota in calling upon President Biden to stop the Line 3 pipeline and help us build back from COVID-19 in a fossil-free way.
Join me: sign the petition and learn about organizing a local action on March 11.
I’m a Muslim, and my faith calls me to take care of our earth and all people. This teaching is universally shared among the world’s religions, and it’s what inspires me every day in organizing faith communities here to oppose this disastrous project.
For those of you who haven’t heard, Line 3 is a massive tar sands oil pipeline that would create emissions equivalent to the Keystone XL pipeline, Dakota Access pipeline, or 50 coal-fired power plants. It’s exactly the kind of thing we can’t afford if we are serious about addressing the climate crisis.
In addition to being a climate bomb, the pipeline violates Indigenous treaty rights. Our Indigenous allies here have been opposing this project for seven years. In President Biden’s inauguration speech, he said that “a cry for survival comes from the planet itself.” I’ve seen that cry being sung by our Indigenous siblings. In recent weeks, they’ve been standing outside in the cold Minnesota winter praying and resisting the desecration of their sacred land. We need to stand with them.
Sign the petition and learn more about how to organize to stop Line 3.
We’re grateful that President Biden rejected the Keystone XL pipeline and rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day in office, but that was just step one. He needs to stop Line 3 and every other fossil fuel project across the United States. For that to happen, he needs to hear us to raise our moral voices and call for the bold leadership we truly need.
Together with GreenFaith, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, and many other faith groups and leaders, we will deliver this petition and call for an end to Line 3 and all fossil fuel projects.
Then, on March 11, grassroots religious and spiritual groups around the world are organizing local actions calling for transformative climate action. A number of these actions in the US will be focused on stopping Line 3. Sign the petition and learn more about how to organize to stop Line 3.
We Minnesotans are ready for this struggle. We need your support to win. I hope I can count on you.
In solidarity,
Whitney Terrill
GreenFaith Fellow
P.S. After you've signed the petition, please join me for the Digital Rally on Feb 10 to Stop Line 3 & Build Back Fossil Free! You can sign up here.
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