Michigan lacks the authority to interfere with Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac as federal policy governs its operation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case stemming ...

Federal Judge Robert Jonker sided with Enbridge, the Canadian oil giant, ruling that the state of Michigan doesn’t have the power to shut down the oil pipeline underwater in the Straits of Mackinac.

LANSING, MI — The state of Michigan has appealed a federal court ruling that barred Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration from shutting down the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline beneath the Straits of ...

A Michigan judge ruled Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was preempted by federal law from halting the pipeline’s operation in a 2020 order. Enbridge Energy scored a key victory Wednesday after a federal ...

MICHIGAN — A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s attempt to shut down the Line five oil pipeline, ruling that only the federal government can regulate safety for interstate ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down an aging oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, finding that only the federal ...

The fight over the Line 5 pipeline continues as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sues the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The tribe claims the Corps' permitting approval for Canadian oil ...

Through my research, I’ve learned that Enbridge Line 5 in northwestern Wisconsin isn’t an ordinary pipeline. While it does ...