Indigenous women leaders from the Great Lakes are sounding the alarm about the social and ecological impacts of a new Enbridge tar sands pipeline project, Line 5.
Author: Osprey Orielle Lake
Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder and executive director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International and also serves on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Follow on Twitter & Instagram: @WECAN_INTL
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