The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday ordered state regulators to reconsider whether an environmental review is necessary for a proposed natural gas-fired power plant that would be built by Minnesota and Wisconsin utilities.

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Minnesota regulators will hold a forum in Duluth on Thursday for members of the public to comment on additions to the state's environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its Line 3 crude oil pipeline throughout northern Minnesota.

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There is no driveway, not even a sidewalk, to Steven Broudy's new home away from home.

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A bill that would make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline project won approval from a Legislative committee on Wednesday.

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Husky Energy says it's been given approval to rebuild its oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, after an explosion and a series of fires last year injured 36 people and required much of the city to be evacuated.

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In response to protests that have sometimes turned destructive in northern Wisconsin, state lawmakers have introduced legislation to make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline.

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An American Indian tribe in northern Wisconsin has joined environmental groups urging state regulators to reject plans to build a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant in Superior.

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The Wisconsin Public Service Commission won't weigh in on whether a $700 million natural-gas plant proposed for Superior will contribute to climate change despite objections made by various environmental groups.

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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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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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