A federal judge has sided with Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge, precluding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from enforcing a 2020 notice to revoke Enbridge's 1953 easement allowing the company to ...

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel.

A federal judge has deemed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s move to revoke the Line 5 oil pipeline’s easement to operate within the Great Lakes unenforceable, determining that the move is barred by federal law ...

A Michigan judge ruled on Line 5, stating Governor Whitmer lacks authority to shut it down due to federal pipeline laws.

A federal judge says that Michigan can’t shutter the Line 5 pipeline, possibly ending a five-year feud between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who teamed with Attorney General Dana Nessel to shut down ...

Lansing — A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled federal law governing pipeline safety preempts the state's multi-year effort to shutter a segment of Enbridge Inc.'s underwater oil pipeline ...

Grand Rapids — A federal district judge in Michigan will help decide a longstanding fight over the future operation of the Line 5 oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac that has revolved around ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For 72 years, in order to serve as a shortcut for crude oil from production fields in western Canada to refineries in eastern Ontario, Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 pipeline has ...

The ruling follows a 2020 lawsuit brought by pipeline owner Enbridge Energy after Gov. Whitmer ordered the Line 5 pipeline shut down following a number of safety mishaps.

U.S. District Court judge bars the state from enforcing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2020 order revoking the controversial pipeline easement.

Michigan lacks the authority to interfere with Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac as federal policy governs its operation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case stemming ...