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MPCA investigating Enbridge Line 3 nontoxic spill - - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is investigating a drilling fluid spill that occurred on the Willow River in Aitkin County at one of Enbridge s construction sites for its new Line 3 oil pipeline. Drilling was halted after the nontoxic spill was discovered early July 6 and containment and cleanup activities were started, MPCA spokeswoman Cori Rude-Young said Monday. The MPCA has been in regular communication with the on-site, independent environmental monitors and Enbridge Energy, and we have inspected the site cleanup, she said. The new pipeline will replace the Enbridge s current Line 3, which is deteriorating with age and can now only carry about half of its capacity. It is more than 60% completed. The site where the spill occurre
Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy s Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that allowed construction to begin last December.
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Posted: Jul 14, 2021 4:32 PM MT | Last Updated: July 14
Indigenous protesters and their allies occupy an active Enbridge pump station on June 7, 2021, in Hubbard County, Minn., in protest of the construction of Line 3. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Line 3 opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
The legal move came as protests continue along the route in northern Minnesota.
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Enbridge construction of the Line 3 pipeline is continuing in northern Minnesota. Here, Winona LaDuke, White Earth Ojibwe and executive director of Honor the Earth, conducts a media tour of an Enbridge construction sites near Park Rapid, Minnesota, on Sunday June 6, 2021. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country Today)
The legal move came as protests continue along the route in northern Minnesota.
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MINNEAPOLIS Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy s Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that allowed construction to begin last December.
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