Posted on 05/12/2021 8:41:02 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
... An Enbridge spokesperson confirmed operations Wednesday have not been impacted ...
The pipeline helps deliver nearly half of the supply of light crude oil, light synthetic crude oil and natural gas liquids in Ontario and Quebec ...
Enbridge, which says the pipeline is safe, is looking to build a $500-million tunnel beneath the straits it says would protect the twin lines.
The company took Michigan to U.S. Federal Court, and the parties were ordered to find a resolution through mediation. They are scheduled to meet again May 18.
The Democratic governor has issued a letter telling Vern Yu, Enbridge's executive vice-president for liquids pipelines, that continued operation of the line "constitutes an intentional trespass" and the company would do so "at its own risk."
If the state's litigation is successful, Whitmer said Enbridge would face the prospect of "having to disgorge to the state all profits it derives from its wrongful use of the easement lands following that date."
Enbridge argues Michigan has no authority to order the shutdown because the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration oversees interstate pipelines.
Letters [of support] have also been sent by industry groups, the attorneys general of Ohio and Louisiana, and unions ....
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Antifa tried to kidnap her.
The article doesn’t identify that the lines also supply about 40% of Michigan’s propane. Which outside the urban area is a common home heating fuel.
“Even if it happens to have a deranged idiot for governor.”
But of course...she’s a democrat.
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