The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Enbridge Energy, saying the company cannot move a case from state to federal court. The lawsuit in question was brought by Enbridge in response to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to decommission the aging Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, a critical waterway.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to approve the Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. – A new art installation in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda is capturing the movement to shut down Line 5.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – In a massive collective effort to protect the Great Lakes and shut down Line 5, organizations and participants part of the Fish for the Future campaign broke the world record for the largest display of origami fish.
EMMET COUNTY, Mich. – Circumventing federal review processes designed to protect Indigenous lands, Enbridge, the massive Canadian fossil fuel company responsible for Line 5, signed a lopsided $1.5 million land swap deal with Emmet County, Michigan, for land near the Straits of Mackinac.
MACKINAC, Mich. – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposal to enclose the Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in a tunnel.
ASHLAND, Wisc. – This week, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa elders and members, as well as environmental advocates and experts, testified at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the proposed Line 5 pipeline reroute in northern Wisconsin.
Washington, DC - Today, the Army Corps of Engineers announced the Line 5 tunnel project and other fossil fuel infrastructure permits will be fast-tracked without sufficient environmental review.
MACKINAC, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will likely fast-track the Line 5 tunnel project through the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan– the single worst place for an oil spill to happen in the Great Lakes.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Fish for the Future kicks off its campaign to break the world record for largest display of origami fish as a collective effort to promote protecting our water and shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
LANSING, Mich. - A number of federal agencies, including the Army Corps of Engineers, are beginning to detail plans to fast-track unnecessary, dirty energy infrastructure projects without sufficient review, including the Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.
Wisconsin – A new documentary on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa highlights its ongoing fight for sovereignty, including a David & Goliath battle to protect Lake Superior from a pipeline on the brink of rupture.