Fighting the advance of invasive species in Minnesota got a boost from changes to the federal Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which governs the use of the nation's waterways.
Apr 29, 2021
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This photo taken in October 2016 shows an aboveground section of Enbridgeâs Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered the pipeline shut down because of concerns about a potential spill in the channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Enbridge is resisting the order with the support of Canadian officials who say Line 5 is essential to their economy. The disagreement comes months after U.S. President Joe Biden upset Canada by canceling the Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors that were frayed during the Trump administration.
Canada is warning of job losses, fuel shortages and traffic nightmares if millions of gallons of liquids transported daily through Line 5 are shifted to trucks and rail.
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THIS PHOTO FROM October 2016 shows an aboveground section of Enbridge s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City pump station. (AP Photo/John Flesher)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors that were frayed during the Trump administration.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a top Biden ally, ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge last fall to shut down its Line 5 a key piece of a crude delivery network from Alberta’s oil fields to refineries in the U.S. Midwest and eastern Canada.