Ekuseni ngo-June 7, 2021, iPhini likaSheriff u-Chuck Nelson waseBeltrami County, Minnesota, wathenga amanzi nokudla, wapakisha izinto zakhe, futhi walungiselela lokho okwakuzoba, ngamazwi akhe, โusuku olude.โ Sekuphele izinyanga ezingaphezu kweziyisithupha, abaphikisi bendabuko eholwa aboMdabu bephrojekthi ye-Line 3 bebambe iqhaza ezenzweni zokungalaleli komphakathi ukuphazamisa ukwakhiwa kwepayipi likawoyela esihlabathini setiyela, bethi lokho kuzongcolisa amanzi, kubhebhethekise isimo sezulu, futhi bephula izivumelwano nabantu baka-Anishinaabe. Amaphoyisa afana noNelson ayebambeke phakathi nokungqubuzana, afungelwa ukuvikela amalungelo enkampani yamapayipi i-Enbridge kanye nabamelene nayo.
U-Nelson washayela imizuzu engu-30 eya e-Hubbard County, lapho yena namaphoyisa avela eminyangweni yamaphoyisa engu-14 ehlukene kanye nekasheriff babhekana nababhikishi ababalelwa ku-500, abaziwa ngokuthi abavikeli bamanzi, ababesesiteshini sokumpompa amapayipi. Iphini lichithe usuku lalo likhipha abantu abebezivalele ezinsizeni njengoba abezicishamlilo nama-ambulensi bemile. Indiza enophephela emhlane ye-US Customs and Border Protection wehle kakhulu, ekhahlela uthuli phezu kwababonisi, futhi amaphoyisa akhiphe inganono yomsindo eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Long Range Acoustic Device emizamweni yokuhlakaza isixuku.
Ekupheleni kosuku, abantu abangu-186 base beboshiwe ekuboshweni okukhulu kweqembu eliphikisayo. Amanye amaphoyisa abambezelekile ukuze acubungule ukuboshwa, kanti amanye ama-snacks egalaji likaphethiloli noma ayalele ukuthi amaShayina athathe imoto ngaphambi kokushayisa imotela eseduze.
Le mininingwane yokugcina ingase ithathwe njengengenamsebenzi, ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi ukuthathwa kwamaphoyisa nabasebenzi bezimo eziphuthumayo, amagumbi okuhlala amamotela, izinto ezilwisana nodlame, igesi, amaholo, kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwakhokhelwa uhlangothi olulodwa lwengxabano - inkampani kaphethiloli eyakha ipayipi. , eyasebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$79,000 emsebenzini wamaphoyisa ngalolo suku lulodwa.
Lapho Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unikeze u-Enbridge imvume ngo-2020 ukuze kuthathelwe indawo ipayipi layo lika-Line 3 eligqwalile futhi liphindwe kabili umthamo walo, kufake isimo esingajwayelekile kwimvume: U-Enbridge wayezowakhokhela amaphoyisa njengoba esabela ezenzweni zokungalaleli komphakathi ezazizoqubuka iphrojekthi. Imali yenkampani yamapayipi izoba ifakwe kwabomthetho kanye nezinye izinhlaka zikahulumeni nge-Akhawunti Yokuphepha Komphakathi Escrow ephethwe umbuso.
Ngesikhathi ukwakhiwa kuqedwa ngokwindla ka-2021, abashushisi base bevule amacala obugebengu angama-967 ahlobene nemibhikisho yamapayipi, futhi amaphoyisa athumele amakhulukhulu amarisidi nama-invoyisi ku-akhawunti ye-escrow exhaswe yi-Enbridge, efuna imbuyiselo. Ngesicelo samarekhodi omphakathi, uGrist kanye neCentre for Media and Democracy bathole futhi babuyekeza ngayinye yalawo ma-invoyisi, banikeza isithombe esiphelele sezindlela inkampani yamapayipi ekhokhele ngayo ukuboshwa kwabaphikisana nayo - nokunye okuningi.
Ukusuka eziphuzweni ze-pizza kanye ne-โPipeline Punchโ zamandla, kuye kuma-porta potties, amasudi esiphithiphithi, othayi bezip, namaholo, u-Enbridge uthele isamba semali eyizigidi eziyisi-8.6 zamaRandi ezikhungweni zikahulumeni ezingama-97, zisuka emiphakathini esenyakatho ye-Minnesota lapho ipayipi liphambana khona liya ezifundeni eziseningizimu lapho amasekela asuka khona. bahambe amahora ukuze basize ukuqeda imibhikisho.
Izindleko ezinkulu kakhulu ezibuyiselwe ku-akhawunti ye-Escrow yase-Enbridge bezingaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5 zamaRandi ngamaholo, ukudla, indawo yokulala, amakhilomitha, nezinye izimo eziphuthumayo njengoba amaphoyisa nabasebenzi bezimo eziphuthumayo besabela emibhikishweni ngesikhathi kwakhiwa. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingu-1.3 zamaRandi lilinye liye kumishini nasekuhleleni, okuhlanganisa nenqwaba yezikhathi zokuqeqesha. I-Enbridge iphinde yabuyisela imali ecishe ibe yingxenye yesigidi samadola ngezindleko zokubhekana nokushushumbiswa kwabantu okuhlobene namapayipi kanye nodlame locansi.
Izintatheli ze-Grist kanye ne-Center for Media and Democracy zibuyekeze amarekhodi angaphezu kuka-350 acelwe ku-Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, zakhipha amanani achazwe kuma-invoyisi namarisidi futhi zawahlukanisa ngezigaba ezifana namathuluzi, amaholo, nokuqeqeshwa. I-ejensi ngayinye yayinendlela yayo yokulandelela izindleko, enamazinga ahlukahlukene wokucaciswa. Ezimeni lapho izintatheli zingakwazi ukuhlukanisa ngokuhlanzekile izinhlobo ezahlukene zezindleko, lezo zindleko zazihlukaniswa ngokuthi "ezinye/eziningi." Ngokuvamile, isamba kufanele sithathwe njengezilinganiso ezilandelanayo zesigaba ngasinye.
I-$79,000 eyakhokhelwa u-Enbridge ngosuku olulodwa lokuboshwa ngoJuni 7, engafaki izinto eziningi ezixhaswe yi-Enbridge kanye nokuqeqesha izikhulu eziningi ezithembele kuyo, imibukiso. anhlobonhlobo imisebenzi kanye ejensi imali Enbridge sika wathinta. Ihhovisi lommeli eHubbard County, lapho kwenzeke khona umbhikisho, laze lazama ukuthi u-Enbridge abuyisele u-$27,000 wezindleko zokushushisa. Ngamanye amazwi, umxazululi ophezulu wendawo wobulungisa ucabange ukuthi i-Enbridge izokhokhela izindleko zokuphishekela amacala kumakhulu abavikeli bamanzi. (Umphathi we-akhawunti ye-escrow eqokwe wuhulumeni usenqabile isicelo.)
Amanye ama-invoyisi e-Enbridge ayemangaze kakhulu ayevela ezikhungweni nezikhulu ezihlobene nokuvikela izinsiza zemvelo zaseMinnesota kanye nokugcina ibhalansi phakathi kwemboni nezithakazelo zomphakathi. Ayikho i-ejensi ethole imali ye-escrow eyengeziwe kunoMnyango Wezemvelo wase-Minnesota, noma i-DNR, ephinde ibe ngenye yezikhungo eziqapha umugqa wesi-3 ngokulimala kwemvelo. Ezigidini ezingu-2.1 zamaRandi ezitholwe yi-DNR, izimali zazisetshenziselwa kakhulu ukuphendula imibhikisho kanye nokuqeqesha amaphoyisa ombuso mayelana nendlela yokuxova ababhikishi, kwezinye izimo ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale. Amaphoyisa ezokulondolozwa kwemvelo ahlanganyele namaphoyisa phambili emibhikishweni, ngenani lenkampani yamapayipi.
I-Aitkin County-run I-Long Lake Conservation Centre, esinye sezikhungo zokufundisa ngezemvelo ezindala kunazo zonke e-US, sinikeze amaphoyisa izinsiza ezifika ku-$40,000, ihhovisi likasherifu lazikhokha lisebenzisa izimali ze-Enbridge. Futhi umxhumanisi wezokuphepha komphakathi owaqashwa ukuthi axhumanise phakathi kwe-Enbridge, Ikhomishini Yezinsiza Zomphakathi, kanye nezikhulu zasendaweni zakhokhelwa u-$120,000 womholo nezinzuzo yinkampani yamapayipi esikhathini esingangonyaka nesigamu.
Ama-invoyisi aphinde abhale, ngemininingwane engajwayelekile, ukuhlobana phakathi kokwakhiwa kweprojekthi kaphethiloli omkhulu kanye nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane: U-Enbridge ubuyisele inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ngezindleko zamagumbi ehhotela abesifazane okubikwa ukuthi bahlukunyezwe yizisebenzi zika-Line 3. Inkampani yamapayipi iphinde yasiza ukukhokhela izikweletu ezimbili zokushushumbiswa ngocansi ezenziwa yi-Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigative Task Force, okwaholela ekuboshweni okungenani kwabasebenzi abane bepayipi lika-Line 3.
Isifundazwe saseMinnesota siphinde sabheka ubudlelwano bamaphoyisa nomphakathi njengezindleko ezifanele ukuthola uxhaso lwe-Enbridge. UJohn Elder, ngaleso sikhathi okhulumela uMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis, ukhiphe imibiko yamaphoyisa waphendula imibuzo yezintatheli egameni leNorthern Lights Task Force, eyasungulwa ukuze ixhumanise izikhungo zokuphendula izimo eziphuthumayo kuyo yonke imibhikisho. U-Enbridge wagcina ebuyisele Ihhovisi likaSheriff wesifunda sase-St. Louis ngamahora angu-331 omsebenzi wakhe emholweni ka-$80 ngehora. (USheriff waseSt. Louis County uGordon Ramsay uthe ubengekho ehhovisi ngesikhathi kwakhiwa ipayipi futhi akakwazanga ukuphawula ngomsebenzi ohlobene no-Line-3, futhi u-Elder akazange aphendule ezicelweni zokuphawula.)
Ngonyaka owedlule, u-Elder wayephethe i-PR yamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis lapho elinye lamaphoyisa edolobha libulala uGeorge Floyd, nokuqubule imibhikisho ebingakaze ibonwe ezweni lonke. Umdala wayengemuva kwenkulumo yabezindaba enedumela elibi ethi u-Floyd "wayemelene nezikhulu" futhi washona ngemuva kokuthi "ebonakala ecindezelekile." Ngemva kwamahora, kwasabalala i-video yomuntu obukele, ebonisa ukuthi ukucindezeleka kulandele isikhulu sicindezela idolo entanyeni ka-Floyd isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye. Ukuwa kwenkulumo yabezindaba akuzange kuvimbe izikhungo zomthetho ekukhetheni uMdala ukuthi ahole ubudlelwano bomphakathi bezikhulu obuzungeze imibhikisho yomugqa wesi-3.
Abavikeli bamanzi baphikisa ngokuthi uhlelo lweMinnesota ne-Enbridge lwephule amalungelo abo omthethosisekelo. Njengoba amacala obugebengu angu-97 engaxazululiwe ezweni lonke, abamangalelwa abahlanu e-Aitkin County baqhuba iziphakamiso zokuthi i-akhawunti ye-escrow idale ukuchema okungqubuzana nomthethosisekelo kwamaphoyisa kanye nomshushisi okwephula amalungelo abo enqubo efanele kanye nokuvikelwa okulinganayo ngaphansi komthetho. Bafuna ahoxiswe amacala. Abameli abane-Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Center for Protest Law and Litigation ngaphambilini basebenzisa ukuzivikela emacaleni afakwe yi-Hubbard County agcina echithiwe. Manje balungiselela icala elihlukile lombango eliphikisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-akhawunti ye-escrow ngezizathu zomthethosisekelo.
UWinona LaDuke, isishoshovu se-Anishinaabe nomsunguli wenhlangano yomdabu engenzi nzuzo kwezemvelo i-Honor the Earth, uphakathi kwalabo abaphikisana enkantolo ethi amacala kufanele ahoxiswe. I-Aitkin County, okuyisizinda sezinsolo azilwayo, ibuyiselwe u-$6,007.70 ngamaholo nemihlomulo ngosuku olulodwa nje aboshwa ngalo. ULaDuke ukholelwa ukuthi imali yathuthukisa impendulo yamaphoyisa.
"Bebenolaka kakhulu nathi, behlose kakhulu ukuthola noma yisiphi isizathu sokumisa umuntu," wathi. โAbezomthetho kumele bavikele futhi basebenzele abantu. Basebenzela i-Enbridge.โ
U-LaDuke wengeze ngokuthi ukholelwa ukuthi imali ye-DNR's Enbridge imele "ukungqubuzana kwenzuzo." Ngaphezu kweqhaza layo ekuqapheni umzila wepayipi ogcwele waseMinnesota, le nhlangano ibhekele ngqo impilo yemvelo Amamayela angu-35 wezindawo zombuso kanye nemigwaqo yamanzi engu-66 lapho umugqa wesi-3 uwela khona - nalapho abantu bakwa-Anishinaabe behluke khona amalungelo esivumelwano ukuzingela, ukuqoqa, nokuhamba. Kuze kube manje, i-DNR kanye ne-Minnesota Pollution Control Agency banayo icala Enbridge ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-11 zamarandi ezinhlawulweni zokwephula ezihlanganisa inqwaba ukubhoboza uketshezi oluchithekile futhi ezintathu ukuphulwa kwe-aquifer okwenzeka ngesikhathi kwakhiwa. ULaDuke nabanye bakugxekile ukusabela kwale nhlangano kulezi zigameko, bathi kuthathe izinyanga ukuphumela obala ngesigameko sokuqala sokubhodlozwa kwe-aquifer.
UJuli Kellner, okhulumela i-Enbridge, ukugcizelele ukuthi i-escrow account isetshenziswa ngumphathi ozimele obikele i-Public Utilities Commission, hhayi inkampani kawoyela. UKellner uthe le akhawunti yenzelwe ukukhulula imiphakathi emthwalweni owengeziwe wezezimali owatholwa yizikhungo zezokuphepha zomphakathi ngesikhathi ziphendula imibhikisho.
โU-Enbridge uhlinzeke ngemali kodwa akanalo igunya lokuthatha izinqumo mayelana nezicelo zokubuyiselwa imali,โ kusho yena.
URyan Barlow, ummeli jikelele wePublic Utilities Commission, uthe ikhomishini ayinakho ukuphawula mayelana nokufaneleka kwezindleko ezithile: โUma izindleko zihlangabezana nemibandela yemvume ziyagunyazwa; uma bengazange, bebengavunyelwa.โ
Esitatimendeni, i-DNR ithe ukuthola imbuyiselo evela kwa-Enbridge akusho ukungqubuzana kwezithakazelo: โAkukaze kube nasikhathi lapho abasebenzi bezomthetho bezwe belawulwa noma beqondiswa yi-Enbridge, futhi akukho sikhathi lapho abathola khona ithuba lokubuyisela ukuphepha kwethu komphakathi. ukusebenza nganoma iyiphi indlela kunomthelela ezinqumweni zethu zokulawula. "
Lapho ibuzwa ukuthi kungani izikhulu zayo ziqeqeshelwa ukusebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali ngaphambi kwemibhikisho, i-DNR ithe umsebenzi wabo wonke wezikhulu zokuthula โukuvikela izinsiza zemvelo zaseMinnesota kanye nabantu abazisebenzisayoโ nokuthi leyo mishini, nakuba idingeka ngezikhathi ezithile, engasetshenziswa njengengxenye yemisebenzi yabasebenzi bezokongiwa kwemvelo.โ
USheriff waseHubbard County uCory Aukes uthe impendulo ye-ejensi yakhe ibekwe ababhikishi nabavikeli bamanzi. "Uma befuna ukuvala imigwaqo, ukusabisa abasebenzi, nokudala umonakalo wezindleko ze-Enbridge ngenani lika-$100,000, sinomsebenzi okufanele siwenze, sawenza," kusho u-Aukes, wengeza ngokuthi u-Enbridge ungumkhokhi wentela ukuthi amaphoyisa anomsebenzi wawo. ukuvikela. "U-Enbridge ungumkhokhi wentela omkhulu esifundeni sase-Hubbard futhi ngabe senza okungalungile uma nathi singabasekeli."
โBesiphakathi nendawo,โ kwengeza uSheriff we-Aitkin County uDan Guida. "Mhlawumbe bekunezikhathi lapho kubukeka sengathi sibhekane nabavikeli bamanzi ngendlela enobugebengu, kodwa yibona abephula umthetho." Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi izikhulu azinalo ulwazi ngohlelo lokubuyisela futhi izimali ziphephisa abakhokhi bentela ezindlekweni zokuphatha leli payipi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imenenja yeLong Lake Conservation Centre, uDave McMillan, uthe uyazi ukuthi imali iHhovisi likaSheriff lase-Aitkin County elikhokhela inhlangano yakhe ukuze lithole indawo yamaphoyisa lizovela e-Enbridge. โUkukhathazeka kwami โโbekungukungafuni ukuba yisidlakela noma umdlali kule mpi yepolitiki. Ngokunjalo sithe uma kukhona izinhlangano ezibhikishayo ezithi zifuna ukuza lapha zizosebenzisa izikhungo zethu ngabe sivuma,โ usho kanje. Ukuxhumana kuka-Enbridge kulesi sikhungo kujula nakakhulu: Umqondisi wenkampani wezokusebenzisana kwezizwe uhlala ebhodini le-Long Lake Conservation Foundation, esiza ngezimali isikhungo esiphethwe yisifunda.
Njengoba izingqalasizinda zamandla zilwa phezu kwamatheminali egesi yemvelo ewuketshezi eNingizimu-mpumalanga, izimayini ze-lithium eNtshonalanga, kanye nepayipi le-Enbridge-operated Line 5 Wisconsin nase-Michigan, amacala angokomthetho aqhubekayo abambe abavikeli bamanzi azosiza ekunqumeni ukuthi i-akhawunti ye-escrow yezokuphepha yomphakathi izophindwa yini kwenye indawo noma cha.
"Okusikhathazayo ukuthi lokhu manje kuzoba yisibonelo sokusatshalaliswa ezweni lonke ngokumelene nanoma yimuphi umphakathi ovukela ukuhlukunyezwa kwezinkampani," kusho uMara Verheyden-Hilliard, umqondisi weCentre for Protest Law and Litigation, omele amanye amanzi. abavikeli. โKuba lula ukudayisela umphakathi lokhu ukuze ulondolozele abakhokhi bentela, ekubeni kunalokho abakwenzayo kuwukudayisa umnyango wabo wamaphoyisa ukuze ufeze izimfuno zenkampani.โ
Kudala ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale ukwakhiwa kuka-Line 3, abavikeli bamanzi abaholwa ngu-Anishinaabe bathembise ukuthi bazovuka uma ipayipi elinwetshiwe livunyelwa. Amalungu e-Minnesota Public Utilities Commission abheke entshonalanga eNyakatho Dakota, lapho ngo-2016 nango-2017 izikhungo zomphakathi zachitha imibhikisho emikhulu yamaphoyisa eyizigidi ezingama- $ 38 eholwa ngamalungu e-Standing Rock Sioux Tribe ngokumelene nokwakhiwa kwePipeline yaseDakota. Njengoba ukukhathazeka komhlaba wonke mayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuhlukahluka kwemvelo kufinyelela endaweni yokushisa, ukwakha ipayipi likawoyela manje sekufike nomthethosivivinywa omkhulu wokungalaleli komphakathi, futhi amakhomishana ayengafuni abakhokhi bentela bawulandele.
Ngokwemvume yepayipi, eyaphothulwa ngo-2020, noma nini lapho isikhungo sezokuphepha komphakathi saseMinnesota sisebenzisa imali cishe kunoma yini ehlobene no-Line 3, sasikwazi ukuhambisa i-invoyisi, futhi u-Enbridge uzoyikhokha. Ezingenzi-nzuzo eziphendula izidakamizwa nokushushumbiswa kwabantu nazo bezifanelekele ukuthola izibonelelo ezivela ku-akhawunti. Ukudala isendlalelo sokuhlukaniswa phakathi kwamaphoyisa nemali ye-Enbridge, umbuso uqashe umphathi we-akhawunti ukuze anqume ukuthi yimaphi ama-invoyisi azogcwaliswa.
I-Minnesota kwakungesona kuphela isimo esicabangela lolu hlobo lwe-akhawunti. Ngo-2019, uMbusi waseNingizimu Dakota uKristi Noem wadlulisela umthetho yakhelwe ukusungula "imodeli yesizukulwane esilandelayo sokuxhasa ngemali yokwakha amapayipi." Umthetho udale isikhwama sokugcinwa komthetho kanye nezimenenja zezimo eziphuthumayo eziphendula imibhikisho yamapayipi, ekhokhelwe ngokwengxenye ngezijeziso ezintsha zokubhikisha, kodwa futhi nemali efinyelela ku-$20 million evela enkampanini engemuva kwepayipi. Ihhovisi likaNoem labambisana nalo mthetho neTransCanada, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i-TC Energy, eyayilungiselela ukwakha ipayipi likawoyela le-Keystone XL eyindida. Kepha njengoba i-Keystone XL ingasekho ngemuva kokuthi uMongameli uJoe Biden ekhiphe imvume eyisihluthulelo ngo-2021, yiMinnesota kuphela ezoba nethuba lokuhlola ngokuphelele imodeli entsha.
Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba u-Line 3 uthole imvume yawo yokugcina ngoNovemba 30, 2020, kusetshenziswe imali engaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa sezindleko ezifanele ukubuyisela.. Amahhovisi osherifu abevele ethenga izinto zokususa udweshu futhi eqhuba nokuqeqeshwa kokulawula izixuku ngo-2016 no-2017, kulindele imibhikisho.
Ukhiye wokukuxhumanisa konke bekuyi-Northern Lights Task Force, eyasungulwa ngoSepthemba 2018 futhi ehlanganisa abomthetho kanye nezinye izikhulu zikahulumeni ezivela ezifundeni eziyi-16 ezigudle umzila wamapayipi noma ingqalasizinda esingathwa yi-Enbridge, kanye nabamele ukubhuka okuseduze nezinhlaka zombuso. Amalungu ombutho wabasebenzi ahlangana okungenani izikhathi eziyishumi nambili ngaphambi kokuba kuqale ukwakhiwa, ama-invoyisi abonisa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi abameleli be-Enbridge babejoyina. Nokho, akubanga nandaba ukuthi u-Enbridge wayesegumbini, ngoba imali yenkampani yayihlale ikhona: Ezikhungweni zomthetho ezaziyicelile, inkampane yayikhokha amaholo kanye nesikhathi esengeziwe somhlangano ngamunye weNorthern Lights Task Force owawuhanjelwe kuwo.
UDavid Olmstead, umkhuzi wamaphoyisa ase-Bloomington osewathatha umhlalaphansi oqokwe uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya Nokuphathwa Kwezimo Eziphuthumayo waseMinnesota ukuze afeze imisebenzi yokuxhumana kokuphepha komphakathi okuLayini 3, okudidiyelwe phakathi kuka-Enbridge nezikhulu zikahulumeni. U-Enbridge ubuyisele iholo kanye nezinzuzo zesikhungo sezokuphepha sezwe i-Olmstead kanye nezindleko zokulala ezingaphezu kuka-$20,000 u-Olmstead azikhokhisa ngekhadi lesikweletu, elihlanganisa negumbi e-Duluth's Fairfield Inn elaqashwa izinyanga ezimbili eziqondile ngesikhathi imibhikisho yaqala ngoJuni. Julayi 2021, ngenani lasebusuku lika-$165.
U-Olmstead, ongazange aziphendule izicelo zokuthi aphawule, usize ekusunguleni inethiwekhi yezikhungo zezimo eziphuthumayo ezizovulwa uma kuqala imibhikisho. Uphinde wasebenza namalungu ombutho njengoba behlela inqwaba yezikhathi zokuqeqesha. Nakuba ingxenye enkulu yayigxile emaqhingeni okulawula izixuku, amanye ahlanganisa amasu okudiliza imigwaqo evaliwe, ukubhekana nezikhali ezibhubhisayo, ukushushumbiswa kwamaphoyisa ngocansi, ukusekela umthethosisekelo, ukuqonda isiko loMdabu waseMelika, nokusebenzisa izifundo ezifundwe emsebenzini wobuphoyisa Ipayipi Lokungena e-Dakota. Izikhulu zikahulumeni zisebenzise imali engaphezu kuka-$950,000 wemali ka-Enbridge ezindlekweni zokuqeqesha, okuhlanganisa ukudla, indawo yokuhlala, ibanga elingamakhilomitha, imali yokuqeqesha, namaholo.
Izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zemali yokuqeqeshwa kwa-Enbridge zaya eMnyangweni wezeMvelo. Uphiko lwale nhlangano alubhekeleli nje kuphela ukugcina imithetho yezemvelo kanye nokukhipha amathikithi abazingela ngokungemthetho abaphambukayo nabashayeli bezimoto zokungcebeleka, kodwa futhi lunamandla agcwele amaphoyisa ezindaweni zombuso. Nakuba ukulawulwa kwezibhelu kungase kungabi khona encazelweni evamile yomsebenzi wesikhulu sezokongiwa kwemvelo sase-Minnesota, ngaphambili ebesaziwa ngokuthi umqaphi wezilwane, inqwaba yabo iqeqeshelwe ukulawula izixuku nokusebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali ezingabulali.
Isikhwama se-Enbridge bekungafanele sibe sezinto. Ukuze kukhawulwe ukuthenga, amalungu eKhomishini Yezinsiza Zomphakathi engeze ulimi emvume esho ukuthi izikhungo zomphakathi zingayisebenzisela ukuthenga izinto zokuzivikela, noma i-PPE.
Ingxenye yemali ye-PPE engaphezu kwengxenye ibheke ezintweni ezisusa udweshu ezibiza ngaphezu kuka-$700,000, ezathengwa kubathengisi bemishini yamaphoyisa abanjengoStreicher kanye noGalls. Emaphoyiseni angu-13 esifunda nawedolobha, lokho kwakusho imali engaphezu kuka-$5,000 yezingubo zodweshu, izihlangu, namamaski egesi. Ihhovisi likaSheriff wesifunda saseBeltrami lithathe imali engaphezu kuka-$70,000 yokususa udweshu, kanti ihhovisi likaSheriff wePolk County lathatha ngaphezu kwama-$50,000. (Alikho ihhovisi eliphendulile ezicelweni zokuphawula.) Nokho bekuyizinhlaka zombuso ezathola imali engaphezu kwengxenye yembuyiselo ye-Enbridge yemishini yokulawula izixuku: imali engaphezu kuka-$200,000 ye-Minnesota State Patrol, kanye ne-$170,000 yoMnyango Wezemvelo.
I-Enbridge iphinde yahlanganisa ngaphezu kuka-$325,000 ezingutsheni - ikakhulukazi izingubo zezulu ezibandayo - kanye nemali engaphezu kuka-$55,000 yezandla, unyawo, nezifudumezi zomzimba. Ngisho neziqephu zokuhlonza ezigqokwa kumaphini amasekela amaningi zakhokhelwa yi-Enbridge - isamba esingaphezu kuka-$7,000. Enye i-$2,000 iye ekuqashisweni kwamabhodwe e-porta, kanye nemali engaphezu kuka-$12,000 egiyeni ukuvikela amaphoyisa njengoba evimba ababhikishi abebezivalele amathuluzi, okuhlanganisa izihlangu zobuso nezingubo ezingashi ukuze baqaphe izinhlansi.
I-Enbridge ayizange ikhokhe kuphela isikhathi amasekela kaSheriff asithatha ukuze abophe abavikeli bamanzi futhi ababophe izandla ngemuva, kodwa nozankosi ngokwabo, ababebizwa ngokuthi i-PPE futhi bakhokhelwa inkampani yamapayipi. Isifunda saseMinnesota sigunyaze ngaphezu kwe-$12,500 yezimali ze-Enbridge zothayi be-zip nozankosi.
Izikhali โezingabulalanga kangakoโ azibalwa njengezinto zokuzivikela, umphathi we-akhawunti wanquma, okwakhungathekisa abaholi abathile bomthetho. Kodwa-ke, nakuba u-Enbridge engakwazi ukuthenga lezi zikhali, inkampani yakhava ukuqeqeshwa kokuthi zisetshenziswa kanjani. Ukuqeqeshwa okuningana kwenziwe ngumkhiqizi wesisi esikhalisa unyembezi ISafariland, ebiza izinkulungwane zamaRandi. I-Enbridge iphinde yabuyisela emuva kuka-$260,000 imaski yegesi nezinto ezinamathiselwe, okuhlanganisa nezihlungi zesisi esikhalisa unyembezi, okungenzeka ukuthi ukuvikela abomthetho kumakhemikhali abebezowathumela.
Kwakungezona ngempela izifunda ezinombhikisho onzima kakhulu ezithenge amathuluzi amaningi zisebenzisa imali ye-Enbridge. Phakathi kwabathengi abaphezulu abahlanu bendawo bendawo yokugcinwa komthetho bekuyiHhovisi likaSheriff weFreeborn County, elitholakala kwesinye sezifunda eziseningizimu yeMinnesota. Izindleko eziphathelene ne-Enbridge kuphela eziphathelene ne-Enbridge ngaphandle kwemishini bekuwukuthi izikhulu ezintathu zichithe izinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezintathu zisiza ezinye izikhungo ezigudle umzila wamapayipi engxenyeni esenyakatho yesifundazwe. (Ihhovisi alizange liphendule izicelo zokuphawula.)
U-2021 bekuwunyaka wombhikisho ongakaze ubonwe phakathi kwamachibi ahlanzekile aseNyakatho Minnesota kanye namaxhaphozi. I-Enbridge kanye nabomthetho babhekane nokuvinjwa kwemigwaqo, ukuvalwa kwemishini yamapayipi, imashi ezindaweni ezikude, nemibukiso ehlanganisa umcimbi we-Anishinaabe namaqhinga esenzo acwengisiswe yizizukulwane zenhlangano yezemvelo neyomdabu.
Izindleko ezinkulu ze-akhawunti ye-Escrow yase-Enbridge bezingaphezu kuka-$4.5 wezigidi zamaholo, izinzuzo, nesikhathi esengeziwe sezikhulu ezisabela kulokho okucatshangelwa ukuthi kusatshiswa kwezokuphepha ngesikhathi sokwakha. Kwakuhileleke ngaphezu kwamahhovisi amaphoyisa kanye nosherifu: Izindleko ezinkulu kakhulu ezixhaswe yi-Enbridge zoMnyango Wezemvelo zazingu-$870,000 ezindlekweni zabasebenzi ngesikhathi sokwakha..
Futhi kwakungezona nje izingcingo zesevisi ezakhokhelwa u-Enbridge. Inqwaba yama-invoyisi ikhulume โngama-patrol,โ lapho abomthetho beyehla benyuka emzileni wepayipi noma izindawo zokuhlola ezihlala abaphikisi bamapayipi.
Ukugada kwezokuphepha kweHhovisi likaSheriff weCass County Sheriff's Office, okuchazwe ku-invoyisi, kungasiza ukuchaza ukuthi kungani leyo nhlangano isebenzise imali eningi kakhulu ngezindleko zokuphendula i-akhawunti ye-escrow - ngaphezulu kwama- $900,000 - kunanoma yisiphi esinye isifunda noma idolobha, naphezu kokubhekana nemibhikisho embalwa kune ezinye izindawo.
NjengoCass, i-Hubbard County ngezinye izikhathi yayisungula ama-patrols kanye namashifu esikhathi esengeziwe ayisibopho. Ama-invoyisi aqinisekisa ukuthi amasekela kasheriff aqaphe ikamu laseNamewag, elalisendaweni yangasese futhi lasetshenziswa kokubili njengendawo yokwenza imikhuba yase-Anishinaabe esekelwe emhlabeni kanye njengendawo yokugxuma ukuze kube nemibhikisho eqondile. โNgomhla zi-3/6 kanye no-3/7, amasekela e-Hubbard County abone izimoto ezingaba ngu-30 ezazingaziwa zifika futhi ngezikhathi ezithile ziphuma e-Hinds Lake Camp (Ginew [sic] Collective Camp) e-Straight River Township, e-Hubbard County,โ kusho enye i-invoyisi.
Iyaqhubeka ichaza ubuhlakani obabelanwe isisebenzi sakwa-Enbridge, ichaza ukunyakaza kwamaqembu ahlukahlukene okuphikiswa kwamapayipi. "Ikamu leMigizi [enye inkampa ephikisana noLine 3] ayinalutho ngalesi sikhathi kanti ezobunhloli ziphakamisa ukuthi uMigizi kanye nePortland XR [okufushane nge-Extinction Rebellion] bakanise endaweni yomphakathi," kusho umyalezo ovela ku-Enbridge.
I-Enbridge iphinde yakhokhela uphethiloli owawufaka amafutha ezimotweni zezikhulu, amahhotela ababehlala kuwo lapho besiza ezinye izindawo, nokudla ababekudla ngesikhathi sokushintsha. Kuzo zombili izigaba zokuhlela kanye nezikhathi zesenzo somthetho, u-Enbridge uhlanganise okungenani u-$150,000 ekudleni, ukudla okulula, neziphuzo.Inkampani kawoyela yathenga ama-bagels, i-pizza ka-Domino, i-McNuggets, amapuleti ase-Subway sandwich, i-Dairy Queen strawberry sundae, isoseji lasehlobo, ama-cheese curds. , ukhukhamba othosiwe ojulile, i-Fritos, i-Gatorade, neziphuzo zamandla, okuhlanganisa neyodwa ebizwa ngokuthi i-Pipeline Punch.
Kusukela ekuhleleni ngokwakha, amahhovisi amaphoyisa kanye nosherifu ehlangene athole okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-5.8 ezimalini ze-Enbridge. Ezikhungweni zikahulumeni, izimali ze-Enbridge zazimele ingxenye encane yesabelomali esikhulu. Kodwa-ke, eHhovisi likaSheriff weCass County, imali ye-Enbridge yengeza inani elilingana namaphesenti angaphezu kuka-10 esabelomali sehhovisi sika-2021. (Ihhovisi alizange liphendule izicelo zokuphawula.) Amanye amahhovisi kasherifu amahlanu athole imbuyiselo elingana namaphesenti angaphezu kwama-5 esabelomali sawo sonyaka.
Uhlu lwezinketho ezithathwa yizikhungo zokuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho mayelana nokuthi yini okufanele zikhokhelwe i-invoyisi zenza kucace uhlobo lokuzikhethela lwempendulo yomugqa wesi-3. I-Clearwater County iyikhaya lezindawo ezimbili lapho u-Line 3 uwela khona uMfula i-Mississippi kanye nesizinda semibhikisho eminingana. Nakuba ezinye izikhungo zokugcinwa komthetho ezingu-20 zakhokhisa i-Enbridge ngokusiza umphathi wesifunda wendawo, i-Clearwater County ayizange ikhokhise lutho enkampanini yamapayipi.
Ama-invoyisi aphinde anikeze ukuqonda ngendlela ukuthutheleka kwabasebenzi bamapayipi okuguquleke ngayo ezigamekweni zokushushumbiswa kwabantu nokushaywa. โNjengoba iphrojekthi Yokushintshwa Komugqa 3 ifikile endaweni yethu, siye sabhekana nokwanda kwezingcingo nesidingo sezinsizakalo,โ kufunda isicelo sesibonelelo sikahulumeni esivela kwabenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ye-Violence Intervention Project, noma i-VIP, ezinze eThief River Falls, eMinnesota, umphakathi. lapho kudlula khona ipayipi, ngaphandle nje kwendawo yokubhukha i-Red Lake. "Sinikeze usizo kuzisulu ezimbalwa ezihlaselwe abasebenzi abasebenza ohlelweni lwe-Enbridge line 3."
U-Enbridge ubuyisele inhlangano ngamakamelo amabili ehhotela abasinde ekuhlaselweni, njengoba indawo yokukhosela ye-VIP yayigcwele ngaleso sikhathi. Le nkampani iphinde yakhokha inkokhelo yezingozi ebiza ama- $ 42,000 kubasebenzi bezindawo zokukhosela ebusika buka-2021, ngenxa yomqedazwe we-Covid-19.
Umamukeli omkhulu wesibonelelo sikahulumeni sokushushumbiswa kwabantu e-Enbridge kwaba i-Support Within Reach, inhlangano esenyakatho ye-Minnesota esebenza nabasinde odlameni locansi, eyasebenzisa imali ukukhokhela izindleko zezisebenzi ezengeziwe ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwamapayipi kanye nokuthengela abameli abaphuthumayo omakhalekhukhwini.
Izimali ezengeziwe ziphinde zaya ezinhlakeni zikahulumeni: U-Enbridge ubuyisele u-$43,551.96 ezikhungweni zomthetho zendawo ezisebenza ne-Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigative Task Force. Amadokhumenti achaza okungenani imisebenzi emibili yama-ejensi amaningi e-Grand Rapids nase-Bemidji, kanye imibiko yezindaba kusukela ngesikhathi beqinisekisa ukuthi baholele ekuboshweni kwabasebenzi abane be-Line 3.
UKellner, okhulumela i-Enbridge, uthe noma yimuphi umsebenzi obanjwe futhi oboshwe ngokushushumbisa abantu uzoxoshwa yinkampani. Wengeze ngokuthi abasebenzi abane ababoshiwe bebengosonkontileka abancane, bengebona abasebenzi abaqondile benkampani kawoyela, futhi baxoshwa usonkontileka u-Enbridge abesebenza naye.
I-Link, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinze eNyakatho yeMinneapolis, ithole u-$36,870 kwa-Enbridge futhi yayisebenzisa ngokwengxenye ukusiza iqembu labasebenzi ngemisebenzi ehlabayo kanye nokweseka abasindile abatholakele. UMnuz Beth Holger, oyisikhulu esiphezulu sale nhlangano, uthe akuzwakali kushayisana ngokuthatha imali ye-Enbridge, ngoba isuke ibheke kwabahlukumezekile: โYebo sathatha imali enkampanini esidale umonakalo, siyinika abantu ukuthi basize. ngalokho kulimala.โ
Izindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-8.6 ezimbozwe yi-Enbridge azibali izindleko ezigcwele zomphakathi zokuphendula ukuphikiswa kwepayipi lika-Line 3.
Amahhovisi osherifu abaningana alindele izinkulungwane zamadola e-Enbridge kunalawo awatholile. Amahhovisi osherifu ezifundeni zaseCass, eBeltrami, nasePolk ngalinye lizame ukusebenzisa cishe u-$25,000 wezinto zokusebenza ezinqatshelwe ukubuyiselwa imali.
USheriff Wesifunda sase-Hubbard u-Cory Aukes uthe kuyishwa ukuthi isicelo sommeli wesifunda sase-Hubbard semali yokushushisa sanqatshwa ngumphathi we-akhawunti, njengoba u-Aukes ebona ukugcwala kwamacala nababhikishi njengomthwalo ongadingekile ehhovisi lommeli kanye nehhovisi lika-sheriff. Uthe inkampani yakhe inezinye izindleko eziningi ezingazange zikhokhelwe.
Wengeze ngokuthi ukholelwa ukuthi kuzoba wukungakhathali ngokwezimali ukwenqaba izimali ze-Enbridge. โAkumele yini baxhase lokho? Akufanele yini babe nesibopho sokubuyisela lezi zindleko ezengeziwe?โ Kubuza u-Akes.
Nokho, kubavikeli bamanzi, izindleko ezinkulu kakhulu zalelipayipi imiphumela yalo esimweni sezulu, emanzini, nasesimisweni semvelo sasehlathini laseCanada esiqedwe ukukhiqizwa kukawoyela esihlabathini setiyela. Inhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-LaDuke eyasungulwa ngokuhlanganyela, i-Honor the Earth, ikhiphe i-invoyisi yayo ku-Enbridge ngaphambi kokudalwa kwe-akhawunti ye-escrow, ilinganisela ukuthi u-Line 3 uzobiza u-$266 wezigidigidi minyaka yonke ekulahlekeni kwemvelo kanye nokulimala komphakathi.
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