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Wed May 12, 2021, 09:17 PM May 2021

Company continues operating pipeline through Michigan despite governor's order

A Canadian energy company is continuing to operate a pipeline through Michigan despite Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) order to shut down.

Whitmer on Tuesday ordered Enbridge Energy to stand down its oil and gas pipeline, Line 5, by May 12, saying that the pipeline in the underwater section of Line 5 is too risky to keep operating.

"These oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac are a ticking timebomb, and their continued presence violates the public trust and poses a grave threat to Michigan's environment and economy," Whitmer's office said at the time.

But the pipeline still continued operating, according to The Detroit Free Press.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/company-continues-operating-pipeline-through-michigan-despite-governor-s-order/ar-BB1gFKva

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