Environmentalists, Indigenous bands will continue to appeal Line 3 decision
The move ends a legal challenge that began in former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton s administration was continued by Gov. Tim Walz s administration. 5:46 pm, Jul. 15, 2021 ×
Protesters chant and raise signs as they march on Duluth s Lakewalk on Sept. 28, 2019, after a rally at Gichi-ode Akiing in protest of Enbridge Line 3. (Tyler Schank / File / News Tribune)
DULUTH, Minn. Environmental groups and Indigenous bands opposed to Enbridge s Line 3 oil pipeline have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a lower court s ruling that said regulators relied on the correct demand forecast when approving the pipeline.
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Environmental groups and Ojibwe bands opposing Enbridge s new Line 3 oil pipeline have taken their legal claims to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The groups petitioned the high court on Wednesday to overturn a June decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which affirmed utility regulators approval of the controversial $3 billion-plus project to replace Enbridge s corroding Line 3.
The state Supreme Court usually hears fewer than 15% of the petitions it receives.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce, which also lost its appeal of Line 3 in June, said Wednesday it will not petition the high court for a review.
The appellate court s decision in June by a 2-1 vote upheld the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission s 2020 final approval of the 340-mile oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
Line 3 Oil Pipeline Opponents Appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
Construction is well underway on the controversial oil pipeline as detractors take to the barricades and the courts.
Activists occupy construction equipment at an Enbridge Line 3 pump station near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
St. PAUL, Minn. (CN) Minnesota environmentalists and Native American groups hoping to stop the construction of a controversial oil pipeline have brought their latest challenge to the Minnesota Supreme Court as activists are working to slow it on the ground.
At issue is a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision from June in which the court narrowly ruled in favor of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project. The appellants include two bands of Ojibwe Native Americans, also known as Chippewa or Anishinaabe, along with environmental groups Honor the Earth and the Sierra