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President Biden this week traveled to Dearborn, Michigan, to tout his green jobs agenda, which will further devastate our economic recovery and put millions of American jobs at risk.
The Line 5 transports 540,000 barrels of crude oil and petroleum products per day and is in full compliance with federal pipeline safety standards. The shutdown of the pipeline could kill 33,755 jobs and cost the Michigan economy and surrounding states $20.8 billion, according to a recent study by the Consumer Energy Alliance.
“Without Line 5, consumers will shoulder the burden of supply disruptions and related price increases, particularly for propane and transportation of fuel,” said Enbridge Regional Operations Director Mike Moeller, who operates the pipeline and is fighting Ms. Whitmer’s order.
What’s ironic about the Democrats’ pipeline obsession is they’ve greenlit Russia’s pipeline project to Germany just this week so Russians can have more jobs and profit off of their energy supply, while Americans cannot.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) â An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the operator warned could lead to fuel disruptions similar to those resulting from a cyberattack on an East Coast system.
Whitmer ordered Line 5 closed last November because of the potential for a spill in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. As her May 12 deadline arrived, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge said only the federal government has regulatory authority over its operations.
Enbridge, backed by numerous chambers of commerce and Republican legislators in Michigan, seized on last week s hack of the Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the gasoline consumed on the East Coast. The resulting shutdown led to panic-buying that has left thousands of filling stations without fuel and motorists in long lines.
2021/05/13 08:04 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) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the operator warned could lead to fuel disruptions similar to those resulting from a cyberattack on an East Coast system.