Line 5

• U.S. Supreme Court to hear Line 5 pipeline case between Michigan, Enbridge

  Michigan sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge energy company to operate a section of pipeline under the Great Lakes.

  U.S. News

  Jun 30, 2025
  
• U.S. Army Corps analysis looks at Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel plan and potential environmental impacts

  The analysis moves the corps a step closer to approving the tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.

  Environment

  May 30, 2025
  
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• Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Line 5 tunnel project

  Enbridge wants to build a protective tunnel around a section of its Line 5 pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, which link Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2025
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• Wisconsin tribe and other groups move to block Line 5 pipeline reroute plans

  Enbridge officials said in a statement that the reroute proposal has gone through rigorous reviews and studies.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2024
• Wisconsin agency issues round of permits for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute around reservation

  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials announced they have issued permits for the Line 5 reroute around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation.

  Money

  Nov 15, 2024
• Line 5 dispute: Federal appellate panel in U.S. sends Michigan pipeline challenge to state court

  Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2024
• Undo Line 5 shutdown order, Canada urges U.S. appeals court

  A Wisconsin court ruling in June gave Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. an ultimatum: reroute the pipeline around an Indigenous reserve within three years or shut it down.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2023
• Sinkhole closes lanes on Hwy. 400, causing major delays

  Ontario Provincial Police said that, although the sinkhole appeared relatively small from the road, it continued around 11 feet below the surface.

  Traffic

  Aug 8, 2023
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• Enbridge ‘must cease’ Line 5 operations on Bad River Band territory by June 2026: judge

  The Line 5 pipeline can keep moving fossil fuels through an Indigenous band's territory in Wisconsin for now, but operations on that property "must cease'' in 2026, a judge says.

  Environment

  Jun 27, 2023
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• As Line 5 court hearings begin, judge says Indigenous band ‘has not helped itself’ 

  The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa says spring flooding has heightened the risk of a breach on its territory and wants Conley to order Enbridge to cease operations.

  Canada

  May 18, 2023