Wisconsin tribe and other groups move to block pipeline reroute plans
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin tribe and other groups move to block pipeline reroute plans

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A northern Wisconsin tribe along with a coalition of groups moved Thursday to block plans to reroute an aging pipeline around the tribe’s reservation, arguing state regulators have underestimated the environmental damage that construction would cause. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed a lawsuit in Ashland County asking a judge to stay the state Department of Natural Resources’ environmental impact statement for the project and reverse state construction permits. The tribe and its allies argue in the lawsuit and hearing petitions that the DNR couldn’t legally approve the reroute because Enbridge didn’t show how it would minimize harm to state waterways and wetlands, and the company is underestimating the impacts while overestimating its ability to restore the environment. “In my view, the DNR failed our children when it gave Enbridge the permits to build this reroute,” Bad River Chairperson Robert Blanchard said in a news release announcing Thursday’s actions.

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Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project
1 month, 1 week ago

Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project

Associated Press  

Enbridge Energy’s plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue, a Michigan appeals court ruled. The state Public Service Commission properly issued permits for the $500 million project, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in rejecting arguments from environmental groups and Native American tribes that commissioners …

Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route. About 12 miles of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline runs across the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. Bad …

Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline
1 year, 1 month ago

Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation. About 12 miles of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline runs across the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. The company contends that U.S. …

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to remove roadblocks set up by Wisconsin tribe
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to remove roadblocks set up by Wisconsin tribe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block a northern Wisconsin tribe from barricading roads on its reservation, saying the nontribal land owners who brought the action didn’t have a case under federal law. The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been locked in a heated dispute with the town of …

Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin
1 year, 9 months ago

Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down parts of an oil pipeline that crosses reservation land and ordered the energy company to pay a Native American tribe more than $5 million for trespassing. The judge’s order said a rupture on tribal land “would unquestionably be a public nuisance” but denied that the threat …

Judge signals he won’t stop Wisconsin tribe from blocking roads
1 year, 9 months ago

Judge signals he won’t stop Wisconsin tribe from blocking roads

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge signaled Wednesday that he likely won’t stop a northern Wisconsin tribe from blocking roads on its reservation while non-tribal property owners pursue a lawsuit against the band. The property owners sued the tribal council in federal court in February, asking U.S. District Judge William Conley to force the tribe to remove the barricades. “We …

Lawsuit: Remove blockades in Wisconsin tribal land dispute
2 years ago

Lawsuit: Remove blockades in Wisconsin tribal land dispute

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Northern Wisconsin land owners have asked a federal judge to order the removal of barricades set up by a Native American tribe in a decadelong dispute over roads it claims were illegally built on tribal land. The owners of 21 homes and businesses on tribal land said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Madison …

Judge orders Enbridge, tribe to form emergency pipeline plan
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge orders Enbridge, tribe to form emergency pipeline plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has ordered energy company Enbridge Inc. and an American Indian tribe to come up with an emergency plan to prevent potential spills from an aging oil pipeline running across the tribe’s reservation. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Enbridge in federal court in 2019 to force the company to remove a …

Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute
3 years, 3 months ago

Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute

Associated Press  

SUPERIOR, Wis. — An intertribal agency says Wisconsin’s draft environmental review for a planned reroute of an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin is incomplete and flawed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released its draft environmental impact statement on Thursday for a roughly 40-mile reroute of Enbridge’s Line 5 in Ashland and Iron counties. Wisconsin Public Radio reports …

Minnesota asks federal court to block Line 3 tribal lawsuit
3 years, 7 months ago

Minnesota asks federal court to block Line 3 tribal lawsuit

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota has gone to federal court to block a lawsuit over Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project from proceeding in tribal court. The lawsuit, which was filed two weeks ago in the White Earth Band’s tribal court, is the first “rights of nature” enforcement case brought in a U.S. tribal court and the second …

Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that allowed construction to begin last December. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, the Sierra Club and Honor the …

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest
3 years, 9 months ago

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest

The Independent  

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Enbridge rejects Michigan’s demand to shut down oil pipeline
4 years, 2 months ago

Enbridge rejects Michigan’s demand to shut down oil pipeline

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Enbridge said Tuesday it would defy Michigan’s demand to shut down an oil pipeline that runs through a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, contending that Gov. Dan Eichinger, director of the state Department of Natural Resources, described the letter as “Enbridge’s attempt to power-wash the company’s long history of violating the terms of the …

Tribes make new move to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline
4 years, 5 months ago

Tribes make new move to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline

The Independent  

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Native American tribes make new bid to shut down Dakota pipeline
4 years, 5 months ago

Native American tribes make new bid to shut down Dakota pipeline

Al Jazeera  

Native American tribes have asked a judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal battle over pipeline’s future plays out. Native American tribes opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline once again have asked a federal judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal battle over the line’s future plays out. The Standing Rock Sioux and other …

Enbridge pipeline project hits another Minnesota obstacle
5 years, 9 months ago

Enbridge pipeline project hits another Minnesota obstacle

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace an aging crude oil pipeline that runs through northern Minnesota hit another obstacle Tuesday when two state agencies said they would hold up approval of the project’s permits until problems with its environmental review are resolved. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that they can’t take final …

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