Straits of Mackinac

A group of environmental groups and tribal nations want the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse permission for construction of a controversial oil and gas pipeline tunnel to go forward. They filed the appeal Thursday. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a permit for Enbridge Energy’s plan to bury an oil pipeline beneath the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An Ingham County judge is expected to decide soon whether the state can order Enbridge to shut down a portion of an energy pipeline on a sensitive part of the Great Lakes. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A legal battle over the future of Enbridge Energy’s Line Five gas and oil pipeline will continue in a state of Michigan court. That’s after Enbridge lost a federal court ruling today. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan Senate Republicans are asking state and federal officials to speed up the permitting process for a pipeline tunnel project that would go under the Straits of Mackinac. Colin Jackson has more.

The Enbridge-owned and operated “Line 5” runs through the Straits of Mackinac. Governor Gretchen Whitmer is taking steps to have the nearly 70-year old…

The back and forth over the state’s desire to shut down Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac continues in the courts and in the…

A judge has ordered Enbridge Energy to shut down a set of twin pipelines that run through the Straits of Mackinac. As we hear from Rick Pluta, that’s in…

In this edition of "In the Public Interest," our bi-weekly conversation with the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area, WEMU's Lisa Barry talks…

The board assembled to advise Governor Rick Snyder on pipeline safety in the state of Michigan held its last meeting Monday. The group of environmental…