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What’s cooking

What’s cooking

After a quiet stretch on the Line 6B front, things seem to have begun to rumble a bit lately-- mainly because of the MPSC phase two decision. So we've been as busy here at the blog as we've been in a little while. In fact, we hope you've had a chance to look at our...

Vote Wallace!

Vote Wallace!

It's no secret that we're big fans of Beth Wallace of the National Wildlife Federation; she's one of the many fine people it's been our good fortune to get to know since Enbridge entered our lives. Beth is a dogged advocate for Great Lakes region conservation and the...

Enbridge Re-writes Michigan Law

Enbridge Re-writes Michigan Law

Phase Two Proceedings, Part 3.1 In part 3 of our current series on the MPSC, we told you a little about the career background of Theresa Sheets, the Administrative Law Judge appointed to oversee Enbridge's phase two application. While we think that background is...

Shocking news: legislators speak out!

Shocking news: legislators speak out!

Back in September, we attempted to formulate the problems we have with Enbridge's Line 6B project in a single, succinct sentence. We came up with this: Enbridge has run roughshod over the citizens of the state of Michigan and our state elected officials have stood by...

The Real Red Herring(s)

The Real Red Herring(s)

Over at the Detroit Free Press, Eric Lawrence, one of our favorite reporters, has a follow-up piece to his article a few days ago on last week's MPSC decision. In this one, he says that we "blasted" the MPSC. We thought our comments to Eric were rather more subdued...

News roundup

News roundup

Last week's MPSC ruling-- which we've already discussed at length-- has received plenty of press, though not much of it is particularly detailed. We already linked to Eric Lawrence's article in the Detroit Free Press (Lawrence understand the importance of the NTSB...

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