A key permit from state energy regulators approving Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project sat before the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard two cases arguing the permit should be

The Michigan Supreme Court waded into one of the state’s most closely watched energy fights yesterday, hearing arguments over whether regulators got it right when they approved Enbridge’s plan to reroute a section of the Line 5 oil pipeline into a concrete tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

The justices heard arguments on the approvals awarded by the state to Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy in December 2023 for its Line 5 tunnel.

A long-running fight over the Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac is now before the Michigan Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments over whether state regulators properly approved a plan to house the pipeline in a protective tunnel beneath the lakebed.

The justices weighed whether to require a more in-depth environmental review of Enbridge Energy’s tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about whether state or federal court will have the final say on the future of the ...

In a packed courtroom in Lansing, lawyers for Enbridge Energy and its critics debated before Michigan’s highest court Wednesday about whether the state acted properly in issuing a key permit for Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel.

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