Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin
A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down parts of an oil pipeline that crosses reservation land and ordered the energy company to pay a Native American tribe more than $5 million for trespassing.
Judge hesitant to shut down pipeline, pleads with Wisconsin tribe to work with Enbridge oil company
A federal judge said a Native American tribe didn't prove there is immediate risk to the Enbridge Line 5 project, while the tribe said there is erosion on reservation land.
Enbridge will pay $11M to settle pipeline violations
Enbridge Energy, the owner and operator of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota, will pay more than $11 million after investigations identified water quality violations and three aquifer breaches related to the pipeline's construction, state regulators said Monday.
Michigan panel wants details on Great Lakes oil tunnel plan
A Michigan regulatory panel said Thursday that it needs more information about safety risks before it can rule on Enbridge Energy's plan to extend an oil pipeline through a tunnel beneath a waterway linking two of the Great Lakes.
DNR: More groundwater released by pipeline aquifer ruptures
The damage to public groundwater resources in Minnesota from missteps during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline is more severe than previously known, state environmental regulators said.
DNR extends comment period on Enbridge line reroute
The comment period on a draft analysis of the environmental impact of rerouting an oil and gas pipeline around an American Indian reservation in northern Wisconsin will run for an additional month, state regulators announced Wednesday.
Several hundred speak up at meeting about Enbridge Line 5 reroute
Many of the nearly 300 people who attended a 10-hour-long virtual public hearing on Enbridge Energe's Line 5 pipeline project spoke against the company's $450 million plan to reroute the oil and gas line across northern Wisconsin.
Enbridge says it has fixed pierced aquifer near oil pipeline
Enbridge Energy said it has stopped the flow of spilled artesian groundwater that began a year ago when workers installing the Line 3 oil pipeline in northwestern Minnesota punctured an aquifer.
Enbridge picks Michels affiliate for reroute of Line 5 pipeline
Enbridge has signed a letter of intent to pick a division of Michels Corp. to oversee a 40-mile relocation of the company's Line 5 oil-and-gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin.
Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute
An intertribal agency says Wisconsin's draft environmental review for a planned reroute of an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin is incomplete and flawed.
Enbridge seeks federal jurisdiction in oil pipeline dispute
Enbridge Energy moved Wednesday to shift to federal court a Michigan lawsuit seeking shutdown of an oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes.
Enbridge says Line 3 replacement complete, opens Friday
Enbridge announced Wednesday that the upgrade and expansion of its Line 3 pipeline across Minnesota is complete and will become operational on Friday.
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