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Enbridge’s Freep ad, Part 3
Today, we’ve been dissecting the letter Enbridge published– well, the ad they paid for– in yesterday’s Detroit Free Press. In our last post, we focused on just one sentence, the (perhaps purposefully) opaque one where Vice President for Major Projects Execution Mark...
Enbridge’s Free Press ad, Part 2
We haven't finished with our review and commentary of the Michigan Townships Association amicus filing in the federal lawsuit initiated by POLAR. We'll return to that soon. But we're taking time away from that to remark upon the extraordinary ad, in the form of a...
Enbridge takes out full page ad in the Free Press
All of a sudden, Enbridge wants to share information. A full page ad appeared in yesterday's Detroit Free Press featuring a letter by Enbridge Vice President Mark Sitek. And it's a doozy. In fact, the letter is so artfully constructed, so disingenuous, so maddening,...
Construction update– with pictures
The latest update from our ROW agent tells us that the survey team is well ahead of the construction crew, headed east. They have reached Hensel road. The clearing crew has crossed Buckhorn Lake road and pipe has been placed on top of the ground from highway 23 to...
Some modest advice for our Indiana friends
Thanks to the smart and hardworking folks at Save the Dunes, there appears to be much more early public discussion of the Line 6B project in Indiana than there ever was up here in Michigan. That's excellent news. But this report on those discussions has us thinking...
Michigan Townships Association supports POLAR lawsuit
As we reported late yesterday, the Michigan Townships Association has filed an amicus curiae brief in the POLAR lawsuit now being heard in federal court.[ref]For those who may not know, an amicus curiae (the phrase means "friend of the court") brief is a legal...





