A Michigan judge ruled in favor of Enbridge in a long-running dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline .
In her ruling, Judge Janet Neff said the matter belongs to federal court. This is a blow to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down the pipeline.
This is his second time in nine months that Neff has backed his Enbridge on a jurisdiction issue.
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}Whitmer has since attempted to close Line 5 in November 2020, fearing a spill in the Strait of Mackinac, where the pipeline crosses the Great Lakes.
Proponents, including the Canadian federal government, have called Route 5 an important and essential energy source for Ontario, Quebec and several Midwestern provinces.
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Environmentalists say anchor attacks and technical failures have led to one of the region's most important watersheds. I am afraid that I might cause a catastrophe in
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Age 69 Owned and operated by Calgary-based Enbridge, the Line 5 pipeline passes more than 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids per day across the Canadian-U.S. border and the Great Lakes. The lake bed under the strait connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
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