Federal Appeals Court Confirms Enbridge Must Remove Line 5
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Federal appeals court confirms Enbridge must remove Line 5
A federal appeals court has found that Canadian firm Enbridge has been trespassing on the Bad River tribe’s reservation and must remove its oil and gas pipeline, but it gave the company more time to complete the Line 5 reroute that is already underway. A three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued the ruling last week. The decision comes seven years after the Bad River tribe sued Enbridge in federal court to shut down and …
Federal appeals court affirms Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on Bad River reservation land, grants company more time to reroute
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, July 30, that Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal land within the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation in northern Wisconsin, upholding a lower court’s 2023 finding while giving the company more time to complete a reroute, according to ICT. A three-judge panel agreed that the pipeline has trespassed on 12 miles of the reservation since a right-of-way…
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