5 More Arrests in Ongoing Pipeline Protests

Five more arrests have been made in protests against the replacement of a crude oil pipeline near Superior. The five were booked into the Douglas County Jail Thursday on possible charges of trespassing and resisting arrest. Six people were arrested late last week for what Enbridge calls its fifth interruption of work on the new version of “Line Three” that will replace a 50-year-old pipeline from Canada to an Enbridge terminal at Superior. Most of the line would go across northern Minnesota, but approvals are still pending in that state. Enbridge has gotten the okay to build in Canada and Wisconsin.