US EditionEnbridge’s plan to fund policing costs of pipeline reroute in U.S. raises concerns
Enbridge will pay millions into a public safety fund to reimburse Wisconsin law enforcement for policing costs amid protests over the $450 million Line 5 pipeline reroute.
- Enbridge plans to fund U.S. law enforcement to cover costs related to anticipated protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute in Wisconsin.
- The company says the funding is voluntary and intended to support public safety efforts during the project, which faces opposition from Indigenous communities.
- Critics argue the move raises conflict-of-interest concerns and could influence police to act in favor of the company.
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Work on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute underway
Just off a state highway in northern Wisconsin, Bad River tribal member Joe Bates flies his drone over the path of the Line 5 reroute proposed by Canadian energy firm Enbridge. “They have a big right-of-way that they’ve cut down, laid all the trees down,” Bates said. Trees lie in a tangled heap on melting snow and green signs are staked in front of them to indicate the presence of a wetland. Along the route, signs on trees left standing warn: “N…
Enbridge's plan to fund policing costs of pipeline reroute in the US raises concerns
Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to US law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company's influence in policing issues.
Work on Enbridge's Line 5 reroute underway as legal challenges aim to halt construction
The Line 5 reroute has generated years of debate, protests, tens of thousands of comments and challenges to state permits that prompted a weekslong contested case hearing. The fight over Line 5 is one front in a larger battle over pipeline projects that often pit energy security and jobs against potential harms to the environment and tribal treaty rights. The post Work on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute underway as legal challenges aim to halt constr…
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Enbridge’s plan to fund policing costs of pipeline reroute in U.S. raises concerns
Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth
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