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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...
Line 5, the MPSC, and Fundamental Transformation
This week saw a flurry of activity on the MPSC’s Line 5 docket. As part of my ongoing effort to read things so you don’t have to, I spent some time this week looking over the new filings. Specifically, Enbridge and the MPSC Staff filed responses to the current appeals...
Enbridge Fined Again: where’s the outrage?
Another day, another hour of my time wasted typing up the same blog post I've been typing up for more than 8 years now. Enbridge, once again, has been fined for a series of safety violations. Ace reporter Mike Soraghan has the story at E&E News. Unfortunately, the...
Thanks
Took a morning run with my dog Murphy today on the land of the Potawatomi now called northwest Indiana and found myself thinking how grateful I am for all of the water protectors and land defenders and fire keepers out there, all the pipeline fighters and safety...