The Fight Over Pipelines

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🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hundreds of people have been arrested in Minnesota in ongoing protests against Line 3, a pipeline that will move Canadian tar sands oil, and which could be operational as soon as this month. Pipeline advocates, like Mike Fernandez of Enbridge (Line 3’s builder), argue that as long as people are still using oil, we need a way to transport it — and pipelines are the safest, least carbon-intensive means of doing so. Opponents, like Sierra Club’s Kelly Sheehan Martin, argue that oil companies bolster markets for oil and gas as a way to justify continued profits from building pipelines and extracting oil. Sheehan Martin argues that to seriously address the climate crisis, we need to keep the oil in the ground, and listen to the voices of those worried about harm to waterways and tribal lands. Why have oil pipelines become such a point of contention in the environmental movement? And what can all sides agree on to work toward the same less-carbon-reliant future? Guests: Mike Fernandez, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability, Enbridge Daniel Raimi, Fellow, Resources for the Future Kelly Sheehan Martin, Senior Director of Energy Campaigns, Sierra Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	This is Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. Indigenous and environmental activists have opposed the Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota for years.
0:38.3	As it nears completion, protests along the route have grown more intense.
0:43.3	Why are we continuing to attack water protectors with violence and brutality?
0:50.3	Why are we continuing to build new projects that we know are creating an unstable climate for our future?
0:59.0	The company building the pipeline says it's not a new project, but a replacement and necessary for oil transport.
1:05.0	We're building back better. This is safer. This is cleaner. This is better.
1:10.0	But how much does one pipeline affect fossil fuel use and climate disruption?
1:14.6	Pipelines are relatively easy to focus on, but it certainly is not an inefficient or a cost-effective way to reduce emissions.
1:23.6	Climate One's empowering conversations connect all aspects of the climate emergency.
1:28.4	I'm Greg Dalton.
1:29.9	It's no surprise that pipelines have become flashpoints in the debate over America's energy transition.
1:35.7	The world's energy transition is the focus of the UN Climate Summit, known as COP26, set for early November.
1:42.5	Between now and then, we'll bring you regular reports on the run-up to the conference in Glasgow.
1:47.5	Hurricane Ida and other extreme weather events underscore what's at stake.
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