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Michigan Supreme Court Halts Line 5 Tunnel | Durham News
Michigan’s top court has halted Enbridge’s plan to tunnel Line 5 oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, reigniting a fierce legal and environmental battle over the decades-old infrastructure that moves oil between Wisconsin and Ontario. The court ruled regulators failed to properly weigh whether the tunnel would merely prolong the pipeline’s risky existence, ignored comparisons to safer alternatives like trains or trucks, and neglected impacts on fishing, boating, and Indigenous sacred lands. While Enbridge claims the tunnel would boost safety and energy flow, opponents—including Gov…
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