12/1/21 - Lawsuit Over Line 5 Pipeline, Dropped

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 7:59 AM

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Michigan drops an oil pipeline suit and will refocuses on a separate case regarding Line 5.

(AP) -  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is abandoning a lawsuit aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs through part of the Great Lakes. But she says the state will continue pursuing a separate case with the same goal.

Michigan and Enbridge Energy sued each other last year over the governor’s withdrawal of an easement that allows the company’s Line 5 to run through the Straits of Mackinac.

On Tuesday, Gov. Whitmer dropped the state’s suit, although Enbridge’s case will remain in federal court. The governor said her action should enable a different suit seeking a Line 5 shutdown to move forward.

 

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