11/18/2025

MARQUETTE - The legal battle over Enbridge’s Line 5 continues.  On Friday, the environmental groups and tribes opposed to Line 5 filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court challenging the project.  The Managing Attorney for the groups says the lower court applied an incorrect legal standard and overlooked significant flaws in the commission’s application of the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.  In a statement, Enbridge says, “We are confident in the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) thorough permitting process. The February decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the comprehensive and detailed work of the MPSC to approve the Great Lakes Tunnel Project.”  The project would involve replacing Line 5 with a new tunnel that runs four miles along the Mackinac Straits. It would bury the line underground and include a one-foot-thick concrete liner.