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The move by tribes follows the Whitmer administration's request for a state agency to review the same permits using new guidance from a Michigan Supreme Court ruling.

WXPR is still working to learn more about the natural gas liquids leak in Iron County Tuesday.

Last week, the federal government approved a permit for the proposed tunnel project. And the decision came even as regulators acknowledged the project would harm areas that Michigan tribes say are important for their ways of life. IPR climate solutions reporter Vivian La tells us more.

The Michigan Public Service Commission now must redo its analysis, adding time to a review process that has already dragged on for eight years.

Opponents of a project to build a tunnel around Enbridge Energy's Line 5 oil and natural gas pipeline say their fight's not over even though a state agency reissued a resource permit for construction.

Michigan's environmental agency and its Department of Natural Resources, have issued two of the permits that are required for Enbridge Energy's proposed tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.

The proposal to bury oil and natural gas liquid pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac has been a lightning rod for years. A virtual hearing on a state permit is set for Thursday.

State regulators plan to issue a key water discharge permit for the Line 5 tunnel, they announced Tuesday. Enbridge Energy is still awaiting key federal and state approvals expected this year.

The man who runs a group called the Election Integrity Force … based in metro Detroit … says he just wants free and fair elections. But he’s flagging Antrim County voters for investigation by their local clerks without verifying if there’s any reason to be concerned.

Pipeline owner Enbridge wanted a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to be moved to federal court. But in a unanimous decision, justices ruled Enbridge’s arguments for doing so were ‘not persuasive.’