A pipeline report from Michigan calls for a ban on the transportation of heavier crude oil grades through pipelines running through the Straits of Mackinac. “While we recognize the importance of transporting energy to power Michigan communities, it cannot be at the expense of our environment,” Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant said in a statement. Wyant and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette released a report from a pipeline task force, which calls for “an immediate” ban on sending tar sands and heavy crude through Enbridge pipeline Line 5b running through the straits. Wyant and Schuette announced last year they’d […]