It was mid-afternoon on June 7 when nearly three dozen sheriffs, deputies and police arrived at the Two Inlets pump station site on Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 oil pipeline, now under construction in northern Minnesota. “We should’ve been getting off fossil fuels before I was born.” With the Dakota Access pipeline’s permit under reconsideration and the Keystone XL pipeline canceled, …
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota regulatory panel on Friday denied a request from two tribes to prevent Enbridge Energy from moving forward with its contentious Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement, which broke ground this week after receiving its final state permit. Commissioners said further delaying construction would hurt workers who have already arrived in northern Minnesota, and that the court …
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday approved the final federal permit for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, bringing the project a step closer to construction. In a release from its St. Paul office, the Corps said it determined the Line 3 project “is compliant with all federal laws and …
