Line 3 protestors camp out, Blue whales return to Spain's coast, EPA moves to protect salmon, stop funding the climate crisis...

[View in your browser]( [ecowatch]( Top Posts [ ​In Today's Eco Update - Line 3 opponents camp out at Minnesota Capitol. - Blue whales return to España. - Protecting Pacific salmon from pesticides. And why we need to stop funding the climate crisis. – summaries below written by [Angely Mercado]( [post_image]( [Enbridge Line 3 Opponents Camp at Minnesota CapitolÂ]( As Enbridge is on the cusp of completing the multibillion-dollar Line 3 pipeline, thousands of Indigenous leaders and environmentalists brought their protests to the Minnesota state capitol building this week to demand that lawmakers intervene before the pipeline is active. About [2,000 demonstrators]( — including Indigenous leaders who walked 250 miles along the pipeline's route — rallied at the capitol and hundreds camped out for the night as Minnesota police officers guarded the building's perimeter. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Enbridge Line 3 Opponents Camp at Minnesota Capitol &body= [post_image]( [Blue Whales Return to Spain After 40-Year Absence]( Blue [whales]( have returned to Spain's Atlantic coast after a 40-year absence. There have been four sightings of three different whales off the coast of Galicia since 2017, the most recent of which was reported earlier this August. The whales were almost driven to local extinction due to Spain's [whaling]( industry — there used to be dozens of whaling ports along Galicia, but the country banned the practice in 1986 following a [global moratorium]( on commercial whaling. Blue whales are the largest animal known to have lived on Earth and can grow up to 100 feet long and 200 tons in weight. But their size hasn't stopped them from becoming endangered. They have been protected since 1966 and have only slightly recovered their numbers. The whales are still considered [endangered]( by the [International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List](. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Blue Whales Return to Spain After 40-Year Absence&body= [post_image]( [EPA Takes Action to Protect Pacific Salmon From Pesticides]( Extreme heat has devastated [endangered]( [salmon]( species along the U.S. West Coast. This past July, California [wildlife]( officials [warned]( that most of the young Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River would likely die because of lower water levels and higher water temperatures. But amid the bad news, a spark of hope for the salmon – the [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]( (EPA) is acting to protect more than two dozen endangered West Coast salmon and steelhead species from [pesticides]( for the first time ever. Researchers and environmentalists feel that the move is a good start, but that the agency should push for stricter protection for the endangered species. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=EPA Takes Action to Protect Pacific Salmon From Pesticides&body= [post_image]( [Rock Climbing Legend Alex Honnold Wants You to Stop Funding the Climate Crisis]( World-renowned rock climber [Alex Honnold]( famous for his free ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan's 3,000-foot sheer rock face in Free Solo, has found his next "mountainous" challenge: the [climate crisis](. The athlete, who is a life-long environmentalist, has partnered with financial technology innovator [Ando]( to fight and reverse climate change through sustainable banking. And, he's inviting you, me and everyone who will listen to join him in investing in our collective future. According to Honnold, the majority of big banks have been bankrolling the polluting [fossil fuel]( industries for decades. In an Oct. 2020 piece penned for [Outside magazine]( Honnold explained, "When you put your money in a bank it doesn't just sit there — the bank loans up to 90% of its capital to other projects... Six of the top ten institutions supporting increased fossil fuel extraction are U.S.-based." This has resulted in trillions of bank client dollars being pumped into planet-damaging fossil fuel industries with zero control in the hands of the individuals whose money it actually was, Ando said in an [announcement]( of their partnership with Honnold. The amount tops $3.8 trillion of banking clients' money being invested in fossil fuels in just the five years since the [Paris agreement]( an Ando representative told EcoWatch. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Rock Climbing Legend Alex Honnold Wants You to Stop Funding the Climate Crisis&body= All rights reserved. [facebook](  [twitter](  [instagram]( [Unsubscribe]( {EMAIL} [Update Profile]( [about our service provider]( Sent by contact@ecowatch.com