Michigan AG sues to shut down oil pipeline in Great Lakes

June 27, 2019 11:45 am Leave a comment

Enbridge Energy Partners plans to begin monitoring its oil pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The Michigan attorney general sued Thursday to shut down dual oil pipelines in the Great Lakes, saying they pose an "unacceptable risk."

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Enbridge to begin rock, soil sampling in Straits of Mackinac

June 18, 2019 8:53 am Leave a comment

FILE - This July 19, 2002, file photo, shows the Mackinac Bridge that spans the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City, Mich. Enbridge Inc. said Monday, June, 17, 2019, it’s moving ahead with collection of rock and soil samples in the Straits of Mackinac while preparing for a court battle with Michigan’s governor over a planned oil pipeline tunnel there. The Canadian company, which has been drilling into the ground on the south side of the channel linking Lakes Huron and Michigan, said it will begin boring into the lakebed this week from a barge in shallow water. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Enbridge Inc. said Monday that it is moving ahead with the collection of rock and soil samples in the Straits of Mackinac while it prepares for a court battle with Michigan's governor over a planned oil-pipeline tunnel there.

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Michigan AG will attempt to shut pipeline down in June if there’s no deal

May 30, 2019 8:58 am Leave a comment

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel attends an event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in Clawson, Michigan, on March 18. Nessel says she will try next month to decommission a Great Lakes oil pipeline if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cannot come to terms with the operator of the line, Enbridge. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya File)

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said on Wednesday she will try in June to shut down a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the governor cannot reach a resolution with the operator of the line, Enbridge, saying the state will be in "great peril" if oil continues to flow under a delicate waterway.

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Michigan governor halts Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project (UPDATE)

March 28, 2019 4:52 pm Leave a comment

The Michigan attorney general has deemed unconstitutional a 2018 law that established a panel to oversee the construction and operation of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel linking lakes Huron and Michigan

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