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Groundwork Center Executive Director Hans Voss is stepping down at the end of 2024 after nearly 30 years with the nonprofit organization, Voss announced...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The wet and windy Friday afternoon in April wasn’t ideal for a groundbreaking ceremony. But Buckley Mayor Takis Pifer was all smiles. “How big of a deal is natural gas? It’s huge,” he said. DTE Energy is planning […] The post A new natural gas project comes to northern Michigan, amid climate concerns appeared first on Michigan Advance.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. At issue is the commission’s permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac. The Canadian company Enbridge wants to relocate the existing dual pipelines running some four miles along the lakebed in the Straits […] The post Climate group plans legal pushback on permit for Line 5 tunnel project appeared first on Michigan Advance...

The proposed tunnel is vulnerable to damage from a high-pressure explosion and fire, Brian OMara, a tunnel expert said.

TRAVERSE CITY — The proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac could explode if the current design is used, a tunnel engineer says.

A panel of speakers addressed the crowd during an event aimed at rejecting Enbridge’s oil tunnel plans.

Opponents of the tunnel worry about Line 5 continuing to operate, risking a spill and billions of dollars of damage to the environment

TRAVERSE CITY — A coalition of environmental groups will file a legal appeal on May 9 to prevent the construction of an Enbridge Inc. tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.

DTE Energy is planning to lay down about 20 miles of pipeline to get natural gas to residents and businesses around the villages of Mesick and Buckley.