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The New Worst Thing Enbridge Has Ever Done

The New Worst Thing Enbridge Has Ever Done

Shameful. Reprehensible. Disgusting. Settler colonialism in action, 2022-style. A year or so ago, I wrote about Enbridge's cheap pr stunt aimed at sowing division among tribal members. At the time, I said it was probably the worst thing they'd ever done. But this...

Remembering the Kalamazoo River Spill 12 Years Later

Remembering the Kalamazoo River Spill 12 Years Later

Today marks twelve years since Enbridge Line 6b ruptured near Marshall, Michigan and spilled a million gallons of diluted bitumen into the Kalamazoo River. As of this writing, I haven't seen any acknowledgment of the grim anniversary from Enbridge, even though they...

The Latest from the MPSC: Mixed Feelings

The Latest from the MPSC: Mixed Feelings

By now, you’ve probably heard the news: the Michigan Public Service Commission yesterday declined to rule definitively on Enbridge’s application to re-route a portion of Line 5 beneath the Straits of Mackinac inside a concrete tunnel. Instead, the Commission reopened...

MPSC Comments: Our Shared Future

MPSC Comments: Our Shared Future

Dear Commissioners- I am writing to encourage you to deny Enbridge’s application to relocate the twin pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel. I hope you will please consider the following: 1. The limited scope of review adopted by the ALJ...

You can’t believe anything Enbridge says (again)

You can’t believe anything Enbridge says (again)

It is entirely possible that the world doesn't need one more example illustrating the headline of this post. They are legion. This blog is full of them-- almost a full decade's worth of them. And the troubling thing about this surfeit of examples, this disturbing...

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