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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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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 foes protest Enbridge’s Line 3 in Minnesota
3 years, 6 months ago

Oil pipeline foes protest Enbridge’s Line 3 in Minnesota

Associated Press  

SOLWAY, Minn. — Hundreds of protesters vowing to do whatever it takes to stop a Canadian-based company’s push to replace an aging pipeline blocked a pump station Monday in northern Minnesota, with some people chaining themselves to construction equipment before police began making arrests. Environmental and tribal groups say Enbridge Energy’s plan to rebuild Line 3, which would carry Canadian …

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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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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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