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Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline
4 months, 1 week 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 …

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Michigan regulators approve $500M pipeline tunnel project under channel linking 2 Great Lakes
1 year ago

Michigan regulators approve $500M pipeline tunnel project under channel linking 2 Great Lakes

Associated Press  

Michigan officials approved a $500 million plan Friday to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, leaving just one more regulatory hurdle for the contentious project. The commission’s chairperson, Dan Scripps, said the tunnel is the best way to mitigate the risk of a spill as …

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Canada invokes treaty with US in dispute over Line 5 pipeline
3 years, 2 months ago

Canada invokes treaty with US in dispute over Line 5 pipeline

Al Jazeera  

Canada has been pushing the US to intervene in a dispute over a contentious oil pipeline project Michigan ordered shut. Canada has formally invoked an international treaty with the United States over Enbridge Inc’s Line 5 pipeline, escalating a dispute over the contentious project slammed by environmental and Indigenous groups. In a statement on Monday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc …

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Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada
3 years, 7 months ago

Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors that were frayed during the Trump administration. Gretchen Whitmer, a top Biden ally, ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge last fall to shut down its Line 5 …

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Michigan approves Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel permits
3 years, 10 months ago

Michigan approves Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel permits

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan’s environmental agency said Friday it has approved construction of an underground tunnel to house a replacement for a controversial oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. The tunnel “will make a safe pipeline even safer,” spokesman Ryan Duffy said, describing the permit approval as “an important milestone” for a project “virtually …

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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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Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline
4 years, 1 month ago

Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan Gov. “Most importantly, Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and way of life.” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit Friday to carry out Whitmer’s decision. “Today’s move would kill jobs and increase fuel costs,” …

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Ancient stone patterns add new wrinkle to pipeline debate
4 years, 2 months ago

Ancient stone patterns add new wrinkle to pipeline debate

Associated Press  

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — Images from an underwater vehicle seem to reveal stone patterns on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, possible evidence of Native American artifacts from thousands of years ago, a newspaper reported. “People think of the edge of a glacier as a formidable place,” said John O’Shea, a Great Lakes archaeologist at the …

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