Keeping a 64-year-old oil pipeline in operation by running one section through a proposed Great Lakes tunnel would protect the economy and energy supplies, supporters said Monday, whereas opponents described the project as an unnecessary risk that would contribute to global warming.

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Recent damage that prompted the temporary shutdown of an Enbridge oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes may have been done by vessels working for the company, according to an in-house report provided Thursday to The Associated Press.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company's refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel.

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Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to build an oil-pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway that connects two of the Great Lakes.

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A bill that would make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline project earned the state Senate's approval on Tuesday.

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Enbridge Inc. says it's willing to consider rerouting a major oil pipeline around the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin.

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Enbridge Energy's plan to replace an aging crude-oil pipeline that runs through northern Minnesota hit another obstacle Tuesday when two state agencies said they would hold up the approval of the project's permits until flaws in its environmental review are eliminated.

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A federal judge has ordered a government agency to take a closer look at pipeline company Enbridge's plans for dealing with possible oil spills in the waterway connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan.

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A judge has ruled that a Michigan panel's approval of an oil-pipeline tunnel beneath the Great Lakes should stay intact even though a state law set unconstitutionally long terms for authority members.

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Faith leaders gathered at the Capitol to urge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to oppose Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil-pipeline replacement, while a mostly Republican group of lawmakers urged him to let the project move forward.

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