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Wisconsin tribe and other groups move to block pipeline reroute plans
1 week, 4 days 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 …

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Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline
10 months, 2 weeks 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. …

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Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin
1 year, 6 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 …

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Judge orders Enbridge, tribe to form emergency pipeline plan
2 years 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 …

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Keystone XL: Company seeks damages over pipeline’s cancellation
3 years, 1 month ago

Keystone XL: Company seeks damages over pipeline’s cancellation

Al Jazeera  

TC Energy invokes NAFTA process to seek ‘lost investment’ in contentious pipeline nixed by Joe Biden earlier this year. The company behind a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline nixed earlier this year by US President Joe Biden’s administration has filed a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement to recover economic damages caused by the project’s cancellation. But Biden had promised …

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Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise
3 years, 6 months ago

Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise

Associated Press  

— The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages on as emboldened environmentalists target other projects and pressure President Joe Biden to intervene — all while oil imports from the north keep rising. On Wednesday, sponsors TC Energy and the province of Alberta gave up and declared …

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Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June
3 years, 6 months ago

Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize for large-scale protests and civil disobedience. The opposition says the replacement pipeline, which would carry Canadian tar sands oil and regular crude, would aggravate climate change and risk spills in sensitive areas where Native Americans harvest …

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Enbridge rejects Michigan’s demand to shut down oil pipeline
3 years, 11 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 …

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Minnesota gives final green light to disputed oil pipeline
4 years ago

Minnesota gives final green light to disputed oil pipeline

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota regulators approved the final permit Monday for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, giving the company the green light to begin construction on the $2.6 billion project. “Line 3 is poised to provide significant economic benefits for counties, small businesses, Native American communities, and union members – bringing 4,200 family-sustaining, mostly local …

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Enbridge sues Michigan over oil pipeline shutdown order
4 years ago

Enbridge sues Michigan over oil pipeline shutdown order

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Enbridge filed a legal challenge Tuesday to Michigan Gov. Vern Yu, the company’s president for liquids pipelines, said the state should “stop playing politics with the energy needs and anxieties of U.S. and Canadian consumers and businesses that depend on Line 5.” Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said Enbridge’s suit “brazenly defies the people of Michigan and …

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Minnesota issues another approval for disputed oil pipeline
4 years ago

Minnesota issues another approval for disputed oil pipeline

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota regulatory panel on Tuesday signed off on Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, leaving only one minor state permit to go before construction can begin. Enbridge said in a statement that the authorization to begin construction means only a final construction storm water permit is needed from the Minnesota Pollution …

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Enbridge completes 12-mile North Dakota stretch of Line 3
4 years, 2 months ago

Enbridge completes 12-mile North Dakota stretch of Line 3

Associated Press  

PEMBINA, N.D. — Enbridge Energy officials said Wednesday that they have completed a small section of its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project in North Dakota, leaving only the Minnesota stretch that has been challenged by state officials and others. Line 3 starts in Alberta and clips a corner of North Dakota before crossing northern Minnesota en route to …

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