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Biden Mulls Shutting Down Pipeline That Supplies Energy To Midwest [Natural Gas & Oil]
https://dailycaller.com ^ | November 08, 2021 5:01 PM ET | THOMAS CATENACCI

Posted on 11/11/2021 8:13:07 AM PST by Red Badger

KEY POINTS:

* The Biden administration is reviewing the possible ramifications of shutting down a key pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas from Canada to Michigan.

* “We have a state in Michigan that uses the most residential propane in the nation,” said Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “And yet, we’re seriously considering shutting down this pipeline and giving these people not even two or three months notice, just basically saying, ‘well, sorry, you’re gonna be on your own.'”

* Line 5 carries about 540,000 barrels of oil and gas per day from Canada to Michigan, which relies on the pipeline for most of its propane needs, according to its operator Enbridge.

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The Biden administration is reviewing the possible ramifications of shutting down a key pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas from Canada into the Midwest.

The White House recently initiated a study of the economic impacts of closing the Line 5 pipeline, principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed at a press conference Monday. She added that the Army Corps of Engineers was preparing an environmental impact study on shutting down the pipeline.

President Joe Biden faced significant criticism last week after Politico reported his administration’s decision to study Line 5.

“As we enter the winter months and temperatures drop across the Midwest, the termination of Line 5 will undoubtedly further exacerbate shortages and price increases in home heating fuels like natural gas and propane at a time when Americans are already facing rapidly rising energy prices, steep home heating costs, global supply shortages, and skyrocketing gas prices,” Republican Ohio Rep. Bob Latta wrote in a Nov. 4 letter alongside a dozen other lawmakers.

Line 5 carries about 540,000 barrels of oil and gas per day from Canada to Michigan, according to the pipeline’s operator, Enbridge. The pipeline provides energy to several Midwestern states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.

Line 5 alone accounts for about 55% of Michigan’s propane supply, Enbridge said. Roughly 320,000 Michigan households primarily rely upon propane for their heating needs.

“We should be remembering the people that are going to be going through the upcoming winter months whether it’s in Michigan or other northern states,” Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy for the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“We have a state in Michigan that uses the most residential propane in the nation,” he continued. “And yet, we’re seriously considering shutting down this pipeline and giving these people not even two or three months notice, just basically saying, ‘well, sorry, you’re gonna be on your own.'”

Hayes added that it’s “extremely poor energy policy” to shut down Line 5 and that the move would be dangerous, considering the number of people dependent on the pipeline. Overall, closing the pipeline would cause at least $20.8 billion in economic losses to Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, according to a Consumer Energy Alliance study.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, meanwhile, has condemned Line 5 repeatedly since taking office. In November 2020, she revoked a 1953 easement allowing Enbridge to operate pipelines in the state, months after she asked the firm to halt operations over environmental concerns.

Enbridge eventually sued Whitmer in federal court, arguing that she doesn’t have the authority to regulate international pipelines, the Associated Press reported.

Last month, the Canadian government invoked a 1977 pipeline treaty between the two nations for the first time ever. The treaty prohibits any action that impedes the transport of hydrocarbons through U.S.-Canada pipelines, including Line 5.

“In response to Michigan’s efforts to shut down Line 5, Canada has raised its significance for Canadian economic and energy security at the highest levels of the U.S. federal government,” Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau said in a statement. “We have also stressed the importance of fully respecting and implementing the international agreements that are in place between our two countries.”

Since taking office, Biden has taken aim at the fossil fuel industry as part of his aggressive climate agenda. The president revoked the Keystone XL pipeline’s federal permit, ditched an Alaskan drilling project, prohibited new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, introduced sweeping regulations on hydrocarbons and initiated a review of Alaska’s petroleum reserve.

“Gretchen Whitmer and the Biden administration are making it unaffordable for Michigan families to fill their gas tanks and heat their homes,” Eric Ventimiglia, executive director of the conservative group Michigan Rising Action, said in a statement Monday. “The effort to shut down Line 5 is short-sighted, and would put immense financial pressure on families across the state.”

“Shutting down Line 5 would create a humanitarian crisis and exacerbate the dire economic conditions created by the Democrats’ failed policies,” he continued.


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Gonna need bigger windmills and solar panels....................
1 posted on 11/11/2021 8:13:07 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The beatings will continue...


2 posted on 11/11/2021 8:14:34 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

The beatings will continue...

Until you get warm........................


3 posted on 11/11/2021 8:16:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Guess who uses propane to heat? The deplorables out in the rural conservative areas.


4 posted on 11/11/2021 8:16:58 AM PST by MissouriDirtFarmer
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To: Red Badger

Doing everything they can at this point to provoke an armed response.


5 posted on 11/11/2021 8:17:13 AM PST by NicoDon
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To: Red Badger

When he was talking about a “Dark Winter,” he was making a promise.


6 posted on 11/11/2021 8:18:26 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Red Badger

Bull market for firewood.
We’ve got a lot of dead ash trees here in Indiana from the Asian borers.
Now if we can only afford the gas for the chainsaws and splitter.


7 posted on 11/11/2021 8:18:26 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: NicoDon

What you said. It is the only thing which has a chance of saving them and they know it.


8 posted on 11/11/2021 8:18:27 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: Red Badger

Is there any doubt that he’s out to destroy our country?


9 posted on 11/11/2021 8:21:25 AM PST by Spok
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To: Red Badger

Between her disastrous COVID Lock-Down Executive Orders and her repeated attempts to shut down Line 5, Gretchen Bitchmer definitely wants to be a one-term Governess.


10 posted on 11/11/2021 8:22:32 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

Gee, Wally, maybe Warren Buffett’s railroad cars can transport the oil.


11 posted on 11/11/2021 8:24:03 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: NicoDon

They keep poking the bear.


12 posted on 11/11/2021 8:24:08 AM PST by Forlonge (The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius)
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To: Red Badger

What is the RATIONAL reason to shut that down?

Do they have one?

Or is are they just being Brandons?


13 posted on 11/11/2021 8:26:25 AM PST by Forlonge (The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius)
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To: Red Badger

They WILL get this done BEFORE about next april when the silly season starts for the next election.

That pipeline supplies about 70 to 80% of the NG and LP gas for home heating for the UP and N lower Mi.
That congressional district, which is one of the largest in size, is MI 1. It is strictly conservative, only about 300 to 400 thousand people live in the UP of Mi.


14 posted on 11/11/2021 8:26:56 AM PST by crz
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To: Red Badger
Democrat mentality: But I supported the Nazis and even donated to the party ... why are they taking me to a concentration camp ?!?

What will it take for your average democrat to understand that their party is hurting the average Joe - that it's anti-American - that it's evil ?

The unfortunate thing about the frog being slowly cooked is that it doesn't know it's being cooked. This is true about too many Americans and all democrats - save the elite.

15 posted on 11/11/2021 8:27:03 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: Red Badger

He was emboldened when we ALLOWED him to shut down the Keystone.

This is what tyrants do when we ALLOW it to happen.

Oh well.


16 posted on 11/11/2021 8:27:54 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Texas Eagle

Unless Warren owns Canadian National..nope. Besides that, they have to cross the straits at St Ignace.


17 posted on 11/11/2021 8:28:28 AM PST by crz
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To: Red Badger

Freezing in the dark, compliments of the groping methane emitter.


18 posted on 11/11/2021 8:30:29 AM PST by I want the USA back (Kick the creepy, sleepy self-pooping methane blaster out of the Oval Office. )
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To: Red Badger

Good! Do it. Bring the pain. Let them feel what they asked for.


19 posted on 11/11/2021 8:31:54 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m sure pResident Chauncey Biden will explain to us peasants why this would be a good idea.


20 posted on 11/11/2021 8:34:58 AM PST by DAC21 ( A minor)
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