With Enbridge on a regional monitoring mission, two Michigan senators introduced legislation aimed at banning vessels from carrying oil through the Great Lakes. Pipeline company Enbridge is conducting emergency response drills on Line 5, a twin oil line running through the Straits of Mackinac dividing the two Michigan peninsulas. Enbridge, the company behind a major 2010 oil spill in lower Michigan, has faced safety questions over the durability of the 60-year-old Line 5. “After experiencing one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history, Michiganders know all too well that a pipeline break can have devastating consequences for our environment and our economy,” Sen. Gary Peters , D-Mich., said […]

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