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A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land
3 months ago

A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land

NPR  

A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land Green energy advocates are promoting wind and solar facilities' compatibility with grazing animals, hoping to counter local opposition to new wind and solar projects. SAM FUQUA: Rolling hills of grass are most of what you see from rancher Ed Prosser's patio in Wyoming, …

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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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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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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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Biden administration passes up chance to block oil pipeline
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration passes up chance to block oil pipeline

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The Biden administration signaled in a court filing this week that it does not plan to cancel federal permits for Enbridge’s Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project, despite pleas by Native Americans and environmental groups for the president to intervene. Wednesday’s filing by the Corps and its attorneys at the Department of Justice marks the first time President …

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Minnesota court affirms approval of Line 3 oil pipeline
3 years, 6 months ago

Minnesota court affirms approval of Line 3 oil pipeline

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed state regulators’ key approvals of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, in a dispute that drew over 1,000 protesters to northern Minnesota last week. A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the state’s independent Public Utilities Commission correctly granted Enbridge the certificate of need and route permit …

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Small Minneapolis event eyes Klobuchar to help stop Line 3
3 years, 6 months ago

Small Minneapolis event eyes Klobuchar to help stop Line 3

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — About 100 people gathered at a Minneapolis park Thursday before marching to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office to promote shutting down reconstruction of an aging oil pipeline in northern Minnesota. The half-hour program at Gold Medal Park included singing and speeches by activists insisting that Klobuchar pursue at least a delay on the final segment of the Enbridge …

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EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

Associated Press  

As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota, protesters are occupying part of the construction area and pledging a “summer of resistance” on the ground and in court. Enbridge, which has obtained all necessary state and federal permits for the Line 3 project, says it will be finished by year’s end. During a protest …

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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 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 regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline
4 years ago

Minnesota regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline

Associated Press  

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 …

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Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota
4 years ago

Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Enbridge Energy began construction on its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement in Minnesota on Tuesday, a day after state regulators approved the final permit for the $2.6 billion project amid legal challenges from local activist and Indigenous groups. “The workforce will ramp up as construction continues eventually creating over 4,000 family-sustaining, mostly local construction jobs, millions of …

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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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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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Army Corps of Engineers grants final federal Line 3 permit
4 years, 1 month ago

Army Corps of Engineers grants final federal Line 3 permit

Associated Press  

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 …

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Most of advisory group quits over permit for Line 3 pipeline
4 years, 1 month ago

Most of advisory group quits over permit for Line 3 pipeline

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Twelve of 17 members of a group that advises the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on environmental justice issues have resigned over a permit for the controversial Enbridge Energy oil replacement project. The Environmental Justice Advisory Group delivered the letter Monday in protest of the agency’s approval last week of a key water quality permit for the …

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Minnesota grants key permits for Line 3 crude oil pipeline
4 years, 1 month ago

Minnesota grants key permits for Line 3 crude oil pipeline

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota regulators granted a stack of important permits and approvals Thursday for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, setting the long-delayed $2.6 billion project on the road toward beginning construction soon. “The MPCA has used sound science and thorough analysis to ensure that necessary safeguards are in place to protect Minnesota’s waters,” Commissioner Laura …

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Minnesota ruling boosts Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement
4 years, 2 months ago

Minnesota ruling boosts Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota pollution regulators properly considered the construction impacts of Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace the 337-mile segment of its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline that crosses the state, an administrative law judge ruled Friday in a blow to environmental and tribal groups fighting the project. Judge James LaFave issued the opinion following a request by …

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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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Walz administration keeps up fight against Line 3
4 years, 4 months ago

Walz administration keeps up fight against Line 3

Associated Press  

Tim Walz’s administration said Tuesday it will appeal the latest approvals by state utility regulators for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its old and corroding Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. “The Department of Commerce’s appeal is a part of that process, and it is important to ensure clarity in the steps that Minnesota takes to evaluate and …

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