Enbridge

The motion was passed behind closed doors during a special meeting Friday after an inquiry was requested in a letter from the Association of Faculty and Professional Staff.

Tribal Sovereign Nations continue to push for the pipeline’s decommissioning. Dozens of them — including in northern Michigan — blasted Canada for its continued support of the project in a report to the U.N. last month.

They sent a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council last week, months before Canada will have its human rights record scrutinized in a routine review.

The fire occurred the morning of Aug. 31 at Enbridge’s St. Ignace facility. Several vehicles and pieces of equipment were damaged, but no personnel were injured.

The Army Corps will decide whether Enbridge Energy should receive a permit to start the project that would replace the 69-year-old dual pipelines that run along the lakebed carrying crude oil and natural gas liquids.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had entered the next stage in assessing the environmental impact of the Great Lakes Tunnel project.

Environmental advocacy groups said the predicted price increase is well short of the spike the company had been suggesting would result from a shutdown.

In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enbridge Line 5 – a pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. In part two of this series, we look at the risks of transporting crude oil by pipe and by rail.

In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enbridge Line 5 – a pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. In part two of this series, we look at the risks of transporting crude oil by pipe and by rail.