10/5/21 - Canada To Invoke Treaty Impacting Line 5

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 8:11 AM

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Canada is getting more involved in a dispute over the Line 5 oil pipeline in Michigan.

DETROIT (AP) — Canada informed a judge that it is invoking a 1977 treaty with the United States.

That step should suspend a lawsuit by Michigan to shut down the pipeline.

Line 5 is operated by Enbridge.

It runs from Wisconsin to Michigan to Ontario, Canada.

A section of the pipeline is in the Great Lakes above Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel say Line 5 is risky and should be shut down.

Enbridge plans to build an underwater tunnel to protect the pipeline under a deal made with Whitmer’s predecessor, Gov. Rick Snyder.

 

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