The Minnesota Court of Appeals denied a request to shut down construction of a contentious crude oil pipeline project in northern Minnesota. The request was made by two American Indian tribes. Opponents of the Enbridge Line 3 replacement project, led by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and White Earth Band of Ojibwe, said in
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A contractor working at a northeastern Minnesota construction yard associated with the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline project was killed in an accident on December 18, 2020. “Enbridge has paused work in the area of a fatal accident involving a contractor at a construction yard this morning in Hill City, Minnesota,” Enbridge spokeswoman Juli Kellner
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Minnesota regulators approved the final permit this week for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, giving the company the green light to begin construction on the $2.6 billion project. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency granted a construction storm water permit for the project, which was the last hurdle that Calgary,
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A citizen advisory group at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has collapsed following the regulator’s decision to issue a water-quality permit to Enbridge Energy for its Line 3 oil pipeline cutting through Minnesota, according to StarTribune. The bulk of the agency’s Environmental Justice Advisory Group has resigned in protest over the permitting decision, saying
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Opponents of the proposed Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement have been dealt a blow by the Minnesota Supreme Court. In a one-page opinion, the court announced it would be declining to take up the challenges made by tribal and environmental groups against the pipeline. Honor the Earth, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, White Earth
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