After the largest oil and gas spill in Wisconsin's history, Enbridge's defiance of legal requests raise serious questions about the state’s ability to regulate large, multinational corporations and its willingness to enforce its permits.

The tribal chairperson and several Midwest environmental advocates also called on the state to also make a disaster declaration.

Tribal nations and environmental groups are urging state officials to take stronger action against Enbridge after the largest oil and gas pipeline spill ever reported in Wisconsin. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Earthjustice and other Midwest environmental advocates expressed frustration at a news conference Wednesday over Enbridge’s Line 5 reopening without receiving […]

The accident on Enbridge's Line 5 in northeast Wisconsin was one of the largest spills on record, a nonprofit pipeline safety organization said.

As state officials scrutinize permits that would allow a Canadian energy company to build a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, four Tribal Nations and a host of environmental groups have filed a challenge in hopes of overturning the state’s decision. On Thursday, The Bay Mills Indian Communit...

A frightening scene played out on Tuesday morning, when an unoccupied semi-truck rolled into an excavation site and hit an exposed section..

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Enbridge’s Line 5 was first built in 1953, running across the Upper Peninsula, under the Straits of Mackinac, and down the spine of the Lower Penins…

The Anishinaabe Friendship Center presents a public educational ral...

The proposal to replace an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribal nations say a permit approval by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was a breach of treaty rights.

Another frac-out on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute construction has been reported at Trout Brook in Marengo, Wisconsin. It is only the latest drilling spill to have occurred during reroute construction, following a 1,900 gallon spill earlier this summer. As reroute construction continues, the entirety ...

The proposal to replace a segment of Line 5 in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribes say the federal review violates treaty rights.

OWDM Response to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Line 5 oil tunnel project permit approval

This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A decision from the Michigan Supreme Court last week about a Line 5 permit may have lasting impacts on the state’s environmental protection laws, well beyond ...

In a 6-1 ruling Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court’s found the tunnel's approval should have consider factors like alternatives to the project and harm to Michigan’s “public trust resources.”

Ashland residents are raising concerns about the use of Lake Superior water for drilling projects as part of the Line 5 pipeline reroute.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.

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Canadian energy firm Enbridge said work on rerouting its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin is picking up steam with hundreds of workers on site as legal challenges remain ongoing.

The proposal to bury oil and natural gas liquid pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac has been a lightning rod for years. A virtual hearing on a state permit is set for Thursday.