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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Four climate-change activists from the Catholic Worker movement were arrested on Monday in an attempt to shut down an Enbridge oil pipeline in north-central Minnesota.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the new state attorney general for a legal opinion on the constitutionality of a deal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes.

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to use the final weeks of his time in office to lock in a deal allowing the construction of a hotly debated oil-pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes — a plan his successor opposes but may be powerless to stop.

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Minnesota regulators reaffirmed their support on Monday for Enbridge Energy's proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, while dozens of protesters walked out of the hearing to make a point about climate change.

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Michigan officials took another step Thursday toward construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that links Lakes Huron and Michigan by asking the Mackinac Bridge Authority to accept oversight responsibility for the proposed structure.

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Enbridge Energy has urged Minnesota regulators to stand by their decision to approve its proposal for replacing its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

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Demonstrators protested on Thursday in downtown Minneapolis against Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude-oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration and the Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge have agreed to replace twin 65-year-old crude oil pipes in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes with a line that would run through a tunnel far below the lake bed, officials told The Associated Press.

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Minnesota regulators have postponed a meeting on Enbridge Energy's planned Line 3 replacement after protesters disrupted the meeting.

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