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Army Corps of Engineers Gets Fast Track Authority To Permit Enbridge Line 5 Oil Pipeline Construction Under Straits Of Mackinac

Army Corps of Engineers Gets Fast Track Authority To Permit Enbridge Line 5 Oil Pipeline Construction Under Straits Of Mackinac

WASHINGTON DC - Army Corps of Engineers have been granted emergency permitting power to fast-track Enbridge's Line 5 underwater pipeline construction just as opponents warn against doing so. Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline stretches from northern Wisconsin to Sarnia Ontario, carrying more than 22 million gallons of light crude oil and light synthetic crude through the Straits of

By Staff Writer|2025-04-08T15:14:51-04:00April 8th, 2025|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan Seeks To Dismiss Legal Challenges From Enbridge For Closing Pipelines

Michigan Seeks To Dismiss Legal Challenges From Enbridge For Closing Pipelines

LANSING - Attorneys for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the State’s Department of Natural Resources are once again seeking to dismiss legal challenges from Canadian energy company Enbridge, arguing in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday that the state should hold immunity from a suit brought by the business in 2020. Whitmer

By Mike Brennan|2025-03-20T09:56:10-04:00March 20th, 2025|News|

Report Warns Enbridge Not On Hook If Line 5 Spills

Report Warns Enbridge Not On Hook If Line 5 Spills

LANSING - If the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline across the Straits of Mackinac ruptures, the various agreements involving the pipeline do not require the company to pay for the cost of cleanup and remediation, a study commissioned by the departments of Attorney General and Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says. Attorney General Dana Nessel released the

By Gongwer|2019-11-03T19:09:18-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Enbridge Wins Suit Challenging Whitmer Blocking Of Line 5 Tunnel

Enbridge Wins Suit Challenging Whitmer Blocking Of Line 5 Tunnel

LANSING - The law creating the authority to oversee the construction of a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house the Line 5 oil pipeline is constitutional, a Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled Thursday in a major victory for Enbridge. After Attorney General Dana Nessel issued an opinion earlier this year that the law, signed

By Gongwer|2019-10-31T20:25:49-04:00October 31st, 2019|Clean Update, Politics, Politics/Government|

Nessel Makes First Move To Shut Down Line 5

Nessel Makes First Move To Shut Down Line 5

LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday went to court seeking to decommission the 66-year old twin pipelines underneath the Straits of Mackinac, arguing the continued operation of the Enbridge pipeline is "likely to cause pollution, impairment or destruction of the water and other natural resources of the Great Lakes." The lawsuit seeks

By Gongwer|2019-06-28T10:12:28-04:00June 28th, 2019|Clean Update, Politics, Politics/Government|

Enviro Group Warns Whitmer: Don’t Be ‘Line 5 Oil Tunnel Governor’

Enviro Group Warns Whitmer: Don’t Be ‘Line 5 Oil Tunnel Governor’

MACKINAC ISLAND - An umbrella organization representing most of the state's top environmental organizations in efforts to shut down Enbridge Energy's Line 5 oil pipeline at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac put the choice facing Governor Gretchen Whitmer, seen as an ally of the environmental movement, in stark terms Friday. Whitmer is in

By Gongwer|2019-06-02T20:08:35-04:00June 1st, 2019|Clean Update, Politics|

Environmental Groups Slam Line 5 Tunnel ‘Sweetheart Deal’ They Claim Is Imminent

Environmental Groups Slam Line 5 Tunnel ‘Sweetheart Deal’ They Claim Is Imminent

LANSING - Environmental groups opposed to putting Enbridge Line 5 into a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac said Thursday they believe an agreement between Governor Rick Snyder and the Canadian energy company is imminent, preemptively declaring it a lame-duck move that would hamstring the next governor and attorney general from taking action they see fit regarding

By Gongwer|2018-09-21T11:13:49-04:00September 21st, 2018|Clean Update, Politics|

Environmental Group Sues To Stop Oil Flow Through Straits Pipeline

Environmental Group Sues To Stop Oil Flow Through Straits Pipeline

LANSING - The National Wildlife Federation announced Monday that it had sued to block operation of the oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, arguing the federal permits for the pipeline were improper. The group has sued the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to have it revoke the permits it issued in 2013

By Gongwer|2016-05-16T21:54:25-04:00May 16th, 2016|Clean Update, News, Politics|

Board Reviews Threat To Aging Oil Pipeline Under Straits Of Mackinac

Board Reviews Threat To Aging Oil Pipeline Under Straits Of Mackinac

LANSING - The Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board put most of the final touches Monday on its plan to hire contractors for risk and alternatives analyses on the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The board is hoping to issue requests for a proposal in February, said Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, who

By Gongwer|2015-12-14T20:02:47-05:00December 14th, 2015|Clean Update, Featured|