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Attorneys General of Three States File Brief Supporting the Shutdown of Enbridge Line 5
Wednesday , 13, November 2019 Enbridge Line 5 Leave a commentThe Attorneys General of California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin filed an amicus brief supporting Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s suit that the State of Michigan has the authority to protect the waters of the Great Lakes as a public right. The brief was to support Nessel’s response to filing a lawsuit against Enbridge. The response addresses […]
Attorney General Dana Nessel Will Write an Opinion on the Legality of PA 359
Wednesday , 2, January 2019 Enbridge Line 5 Leave a commentGovernor Gretchen Whitmer began her new job in Lansing today requesting Attorney General Dana Nessel to write her first opinion on PA 359 to determine if the lame duck-session law is legal. PA 359 started out as MI SB 1197 sponsored by Tom Casperson (R-Hates Clean Water) to add language to the PA 214 of […]
Pipe Out Paddle Protest Scheduled for September 6 At Mackinac Bridge
Monday , 24, August 2015 Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Upper Peninsula 4 CommentsEnbridge Line 5 – the heavy crude pipe that runs through the Straits of Mackinac under the Mackinac Bridge is 62 years old. After the disaster that happened in the Kalamazoo River with Line 6B in 2010, the people of Michigan want Governor Snyder and Lansing to know that it’s time to remove the pipeline […]
Sierra Club Sues U.S. Forest Service Over Aged Oil Pipeline Permit
Monday , 19, January 2015 Environment Leave a commentThe Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club filed suit in U.S. District Court in Bay City on January 15 against the U.S. Forest Service. The Lawsuit was filed to compel the federal agency to complete a much-needed inspection of Enbridge oil pipeline number 5 before issuing a permit allowing it to continue transporting oil through […]