Bad River Reservation

5 posts

Why is the Bad River Band suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources?

The legal challenge is yet another effort by the tribe to prevent the Canadian-owned corporation Enbridge from operating near the Bad River Reservation

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Wisconsin grants Canadian pipeline permits around Bad River Reservation

A federal court has ruled that Enbridge is trespassing on Indigenous lands, but operations continue while the company proposes a new route that still doesn’t resolve water pollution

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

DOJ acknowledges illegal trespass on tribal land but stops short of demanding pipeline shutdown

A legal brief by the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed that a Canadian pipeline company is trespassing on a tribal reservation but stopped short of asserting that the government can take meaningful action to shut down the fossil fuel infrastructure. The amicus brief, filed April 10 in the 7th Circuit

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3 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

‘Bad River’ documents tribal band’s fight against Enbridge pipeline

In any other business arrangement, Enbridge would be long gone from the Bad River Reservation. The contract between the oil company and the tribal band says the easements permitting the Line 5 pipeline to operate on the reservation ended in 2013. A federal judge agreed in 2022, meaning the oil

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Enbridge’s Line 5 threatens Indigenous land and peoples

Despite the harm oil companies like Enbridge have already caused, a federal judge refused to decommission Line 5

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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