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Judge orders closer look at Great Lakes oil-spill plans
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.
Michigan governor halts Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project (UPDATE)
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
Michigan AG to review pipeline deal at governor’s request (UPDATE)
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.
Planned Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel clears final hurdle
A proposal to run an oil pipeline beneath a waterway connecting two Great Lakes cleared its final hurdle on Wednesday, gaining approval of a Michigan panel created a week earlier in a dash to complete the deal before Republican Gov. Rick Snyder left office.
New Michigan panel to consider Great Lakes pipeline tunnel
A recently established state panel in Michigan could give final approval to a proposed oil-pipeline tunnel beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes.
Michigan Senate OKs bill to enable Great Lakes pipeline deal
The Michigan Senate voted on Wednesday for a deal to replace a 65-year-old oil pipeline in the Great Lakes, approving legislation to empower a new authority to oversee the construction and operation of a utility tunnel that would encase the new pipeline.
Snyder drops plan to give bridge panel tunnel oversight
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is dropping a proposal to have the Mackinac Bridge Authority oversee the construction and operation of a tunnel to house a replacement oil pipeline in the Great Lakes.
Michigan Senate to consider Straits oil pipeline legislation
Legislation poised to advance in Michigan's Senate would permit the Mackinac Bridge Authority to help carry out a deal to replace twin oil pipelines in a crucial Great Lakes channel.
Michigan officials urge bridge authority to OK pipeline deal
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.
Michigan, Enbridge reach deal on oil pipeline
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.
Federal officials pledge readiness for pipeline spills
Federal officials said on Monday they were prepared to act quickly if oil pipelines in a Michigan waterway leak, drawing a skeptical response from a U.S. senator who said the response last spring to a suspected anchor strike had exposed flaws in the system.
Report: Lake oil spill in Michigan would cost nearly $2B
Experts predict that a worst-case scenario leak of an old underwater oil pipeline running along the place where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet would cost nearly $2 billion.
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