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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 O'Mara, 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