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Michigan OKs Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Tunnel Permits

2/1/2021

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's environmental agency said it has approved construction of an underground tunnel to house a replacement for a controversial oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. Enbridge plans to replace its existing Line 5 dual pipelines at the Straits of Mackinac with a pipeline secured in a larger underground tunnel, deep under the Straits. The decision, a victory for Enbridge Inc., comes as the Canadian company resists Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's demand to shut down its 68-year-old line in the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge disputes her claim — echoed by environmentalists and native tribes — that the pipeline segment crossing the 4-m

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