Tag: Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines
Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
Despite “adverse” impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it’s better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
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Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
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Federal agency finds Great Lakes tunnel project poses ‘detrimental’ effects to water, wetlands
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Enbridge’s proposed $1 billion Line 5 tunnel project would harm water and wetlands, according to a draft environmental review released Friday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Energy News Roundup: Line 5’s potential reroute plus mining permits stoke fears of contamination
Wisconsin officials put a controversial pipeline reroute one step closer to construction last week when they issued permits for Enbridge Energy, a Canadian oil company, to move a section of Line 5 off of Tribal land in the far northern part of the state. Construction and agricultural industry groups cheered the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ decision.
What a Trump vs. Harris presidency might mean for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
The 2024 presidential election campaign is in the homestretch and results in the Great Lakes states of Michigan and Wisconsin could determine the winner. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump covet the electors in both states and polling indicates they could go either way.
Great Lakes Now selected three key topics — Great Lakes restoration, Line 5 and groundwater — and asked veteran policy experts Rob Sisson and Lana Pollack for their views on how a Harris or Trump presidency may deal with them.