WI Tribes Raise New Concerns Over Enbridge ‘Line 5’ Reroute


WI Tribes Raise New Concerns Over Enbridge ‘Line 5’ Reroute


Wisconsin tribal organizations are raising new concerns about a proposed reroute of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, which represents eleven Ojibwe tribes across the Midwest, said the state is not providing a clear picture of how the project will affect surrounding tribal territories and waters, including disruptions to wilderness and the potential for oil spills.

John Coleman, environmental section leader for the Commission, said Line 5’s draft Environmental Impact Statement does not properly take tribal rights into account. “There’s some tribes, Wisconsin tribes, that are represented in the document, other tribes aren’t,” Coleman pointed out. “There’s no rationale presented for why some tribes are included and others aren’t.”..

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