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Related: About this forumLooming showdown as Michigan governor orders Canadian pipeline shut down
I don't know why they ran this article this morning. It's about something that happened last November.
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Looming showdown as Michigan governor orders Canadian pipeline shut down
By Amanda Coletta
May 2, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
TORONTO For Michigans governor, the 645-mile pipeline jeopardizes the Great Lakes. For Canadas natural resources minister, its continued operation is nonnegotiable.
The clash over Calgary-based Enbridges Line 5, which carries up to 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids across Michigan and under the Great Lakes each day, is placing stress on U.S.-Canada ties and raising questions about how the close allies, which have expressed a desire to work together to fight climate change, can balance energy security with the transition to a clean-energy economy.
In a move applauded by environmentalists and Indigenous groups on both sides of the border, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in November ordered the firm to shut down the nearly 70-year-old lines by May 12.
Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have appealed to their American counterparts, including President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm for help.
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Amanda Coletta is a reporter based in Toronto who covers Canada for The Washington Post. She previously worked in London, first at the Economist and then the Wall Street Journal.
Looming showdown as Michigan governor orders Canadian pipeline shut down
By Amanda Coletta
May 2, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
TORONTO For Michigans governor, the 645-mile pipeline jeopardizes the Great Lakes. For Canadas natural resources minister, its continued operation is nonnegotiable.
The clash over Calgary-based Enbridges Line 5, which carries up to 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids across Michigan and under the Great Lakes each day, is placing stress on U.S.-Canada ties and raising questions about how the close allies, which have expressed a desire to work together to fight climate change, can balance energy security with the transition to a clean-energy economy.
In a move applauded by environmentalists and Indigenous groups on both sides of the border, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in November ordered the firm to shut down the nearly 70-year-old lines by May 12.
Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have appealed to their American counterparts, including President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm for help.
{snip}
Amanda Coletta Follow https://twitter.com/a_coletta
Amanda Coletta is a reporter based in Toronto who covers Canada for The Washington Post. She previously worked in London, first at the Economist and then the Wall Street Journal.
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Looming showdown as Michigan governor orders Canadian pipeline shut down (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2021
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MiHale
(9,721 posts)1. Because the 12th is 10 days away...nt
Finishline42
(1,091 posts)3. This from Nov 2017 - line replacement project
https://www.enbridge.com/~/media/Enb/Documents/Factsheets/FS_Line5_St_Clair_HDD-Factsheet_Feb_2018.pdf
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Enbridge instead is moving forward with plans to bore a $500 million tunnel in bedrock beneath the Straits of Mackinac to hold the Line 5 pipelines. The Michigan Legislature approved a deal for the tunnel shortly before former Gov. Rick Snyder left office in December 2018.
Enbridge contends that the tunnel would contain any spilled oil if Line 5 ever ruptures, preventing it from contaminating the Great Lakes. Environmentalists disagree and remain concerned that the twin pipelines pose a hazard to the ecosystem in the Straits.
https://www.abc12.com/2021/04/28/enbridge-line-5-dispute-raises-tensions-between-us-and-canada/
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Enbridge instead is moving forward with plans to bore a $500 million tunnel in bedrock beneath the Straits of Mackinac to hold the Line 5 pipelines. The Michigan Legislature approved a deal for the tunnel shortly before former Gov. Rick Snyder left office in December 2018.
Enbridge contends that the tunnel would contain any spilled oil if Line 5 ever ruptures, preventing it from contaminating the Great Lakes. Environmentalists disagree and remain concerned that the twin pipelines pose a hazard to the ecosystem in the Straits.
https://www.abc12.com/2021/04/28/enbridge-line-5-dispute-raises-tensions-between-us-and-canada/