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Groups urge Enbridge to obey order, close Line 5 Posted By Diane Bernard, Michigan News Connection on Fri, May 14, 2021 at 11:27 AM click to enlarge Jeffness, Wikimedia Commons Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5, which runs through the Straits of Mackinac, has spilled more than 1 million gallons of fossil fuels into waters since 1968, according to researchers. Groups r...
DETROIT, MI (MPRN)-- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants the Biden Administration to intervene in a dispute over the closing of a pipeline that
Enbridge to continue Line 5 operations past Governor Whitmer's shutdown orders The company was given a May 12 deadline by the state to halt all operations. and last updated 2021-05-12 22:24:58-04 LANSING, Mich. â In November, Governor Whitmer announced that she would shut down Canadian-based Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, citing environmental concerns that the pipeline's infrastructure was outdated and at risk for an oil spill in the Great Lakes. The deadline she set was 180 days from the announcement on May 12. At midnight on Wednesday, Enbridge will be officially past the deadline. The ...
Michigan has more than 100,000 miles of pipelinesâhere's what they do We take a look at the pipelines existing in the state of Michigan. and last updated 2021-05-12 22:43:17-04 The pipeline system in Michigan is vast, convoluted and crisscrosses more than 120,000 miles. About 97% of the lines carry natural gas, and 3% carry what are considered hazardous liquids like propane, petroleum, and crude oil, according to the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, a nonprofit organization in Northern Michigan. Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council A map of the pipelines in Michigan. (Courtesy: Tip of th...
4:38 Listen to tribal members discuss their concerns about the crude oil and natural gas liquids in Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac. One of the banners at a gathering of many different tribal members and some non-tribal activists. Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio On Thursday, environmental groups and Native Americans plan to present Enbridge Energy with symbolic eviction notices. They want Enbirdge to abide by Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order to shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. In November 2020, Governor Whitmer revoked the easement for Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 twin...