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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...

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...

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...

For the Canadian site Energy Humanities, I wrote about what makes the movement to shut down Line 5 unique and important. You can read it...

As you've probably heard, as of this Wednesday, Enbridge will be in open defiance of Michigan law. Six months ago, Governor Whitmer gave notice to Enbridge that the state was revoking its easement to operate Line 5 beneath the Straits of Mackinac. The Goverrnor's...

Tomorrow, I'm pleased to join a panel discussion on Line 5 as part of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters' People, Planet, Public Health Webinar series. Here are details including a link to register. In 2010, nearly a million gallons of oil was spilled into the...