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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...
Line 5: Dismantling as World-Building
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...
For Enbridge, Ignoring the Law is Business as Usual
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...
Webinar: What Will it Take to Shut Down Line 5 for Good?
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...
Earth Day Good News: MPSC to Consider Line 5 Climate Impacts
By now, you've probably heard the news: the Michigan Public Service Commission has granted the appeal of intervenors asking that greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) be considered in Enbridge's application to relocate a portion of Line 5 in a tunnel beneath the Straits.*...
The Worst Thing Enbridge Has Done
it's been almost a full decade now that I've been documenting, right here on this blog, Enbridge's many misdeeds, mistakes, mistreatments, missteps, falsehoods, fabrications, dissemblings, distortions, and dishonest dealings with people in Michigan and beyond. It's an...