WATER IS LIFE: Standing in solidarity with Indigenous Water Protectors
Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, took part in the September 4th "Float Out" at the Mackinac Bridge, between the Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. Dozens of kayakers joined a traditional Indigenous long boat to raise banners on the Straits of Mackinac, between Lakes Michigan and Huron, protesting Enbridge's Line 5 Canadian tar sands crude oil pipeline nearby. (Kamps hails from Kalamazoo, MI, where in July 2010 Enbridge Line 6 leaked 1.4 million gallons of diluted bitumen into the river, the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history.) Kamps also staffed an anti-nuclear information table at the Water Is Life Festival in Mackinaw City. The events, held in traditional Odawa and Ojibwe territory, were Anishinaabe led.
September 16, 2021