JOHN FLESHER and ANNA LIZ NICHOLS
This 2016 photo shows an aboveground section of Enbridge’s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City pump station. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to go after Enbridge’s profits from the Great Lakes oil pipeline if it isn t shut down. The Democratic governor issued the warning Tuesday in a letter to Enbridge, a Canadian oil transport company. (AP photo)
LANSING Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge’s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.
The Democratic governor issued the warning in a letter to the Canadian energy transport company on the eve of a state-imposed deadline to halt operation of Line 5, which moves oil through northern Wisconsin and Michigan to refineries in Ontario. Enbridge repeated its intention to defy Whitmer’s demand.
2021/05/12 04:15 FILE - In this October 2016, file photo, is an aboveground section of Enbridge s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretc. FILE - In this October 2016, file photo, is an aboveground section of Enbridge s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to go after Enbridge s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if it isn t shut down. The Democratic governor issued the warning Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in a letter to Enbridge, a Canadian oil transport company. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File) LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge’s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.
The Democratic governor issued the warning in a letter to the Canadian energy transport company on the eve of a state-imposed deadline to halt operation of Line 5, which moves oil through northern Wisconsin and Michigan to refineries in Ontario. Enbridge repeated its intention to defy Whitmer’s demand.
A nearly 4-mile-long (6.4-kilometer-long) section of Line 5 divides into two pipes that cross the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, which connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.