Environmental group threatens lawsuit over Mackinac pipeline


Environmental group threatens lawsuit over Mackinac pipeline


An environmental group is threatening to sue the federal government over a Great Lakes oil pipeline.

The National Wildlife Federation notified the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on Monday. The group is targeting Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, which runs from Superior, Wis., to Sarnia, Ontario. A nearly 5-mile-long section reaches beneath the Straits of Mackinac, the link between Lakes Huron and Michigan.

Enbridge says the underwater section has never leaked and remains safe. Environmentalists want it removed....

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