The US Friday backed Enbridge Inc.’s lawsuit against Michigan’s governor, arguing that a judge should rule in the Canadian energy company’s favor as it seeks to prevent the shutdown of the Line 5 oil and gas pipeline.
The efforts of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) to shut down the aging 645-mile pipeline, which supplies propane to Michigan homes and light crude to refineries in the Midwest and Ontario, aren’t allowed for multiple reasons, the federal government’s statement of interest says. Whitmer’s administration in 2020 revoked the easement for a four-mile segment where it crosses the Straits of Mackinac, where Lakes Michigan ...