This is intercepted.

I'm Ali Aghadi and I'm a senior editor with the intercept.

Anybody leaving this property, they get pulled over. They're watching our every move.

They've already invaded our space. They're going to come to our private home.

You know, taking a bath, taking a shower.

Today we're bringing you a story where the stakes could not be higher.

It's about the climate crisis, about the people fighting against global disaster,

and how fossil fuel companies are fighting back.

This is a story about corporate counterinsurgency, but it's about so much more.

This fight is unfolding in northern Minnesota right now.

An indigenous led movement whose members call themselves water protectors

are trying to preserve not only their people's rights, but also our whole planet.

The water protectors are fighting against Enbridge, a Canadian oil company,

which is seeking to lay a pipeline called Line 3 through Minnesota.

The path cuts through lands where a handful of local tribes have treaty rights,

and it cuts across natural resources like rivers and waterways,

raising fears about spills and environmental damage.

This spring, we sent our reporter, Ali and Brown to Minnesota,

to investigate the struggle over the pipeline.

She's got years of experience doing investigative work about pipeline fights,

about the climate crisis, and about corporate efforts to fight back against protest movements.

When Ali and got to Minnesota, things were just heating up, literally.

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