https://www.wcmu.org/tags/line-5-pipeline Line 5 Pipeline en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:50:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/supreme-court-sides-with-nessel-in-line-5-jurisdiction-dispute Pipeline owner Enbridge wanted a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to be moved to federal court. But in a unanimous decision, justices ruled Enbridge’s arguments for doing so were ‘not persuasive.’ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:50:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/supreme-court-sides-with-nessel-in-line-5-jurisdiction-dispute Kelly House https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-25/line-5-at-the-u-s-supreme-court-a-tough-hearing-brings-little-clarity-on-pipelines-fate Michigan has been trying to shut down the controversial pipeline since 2019. A technical question before the court could seal its fate. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:41:34 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-25/line-5-at-the-u-s-supreme-court-a-tough-hearing-brings-little-clarity-on-pipelines-fate Vivian La https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-17/federal-court-sides-with-enbridge-blocks-michigans-effort-to-shut-down-line-5 Enbridge sought to stop the state from trying any further to shut down the pipeline, which in Wisconsin, runs through the Upper Peninsula, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lower Peninsula, before ending in Ontario, Canada. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:59:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-17/federal-court-sides-with-enbridge-blocks-michigans-effort-to-shut-down-line-5 Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-03/tensions-flare-as-line-5-public-comment-deadline-nears Public comments are due by the end of the week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a tunnel alternative last month. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:14:29 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-03/tensions-flare-as-line-5-public-comment-deadline-nears Ellie Katz https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-02/line-5-opponents-warn-pipeline-failure-could-leave-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-4-billion Line 5 transports up to 22.68 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids through the Straits of Mackinac each day, with one University of Michigan researcher pointing to the region as the worst place for a Great Lakes Oil Spill. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:53:22 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-02/line-5-opponents-warn-pipeline-failure-could-leave-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-4-billion Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-24/feds-eye-new-option-for-michigan-line-5-no-concrete-tunnel-horizontal-drilling Weeks before an anticipated final permitting decision regarding the Line 5 pipeline tunnel project, federal regulators put a new option on the table. Environmentalists panned the last-minute change as a 'bait-and-switch' Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:08:28 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-24/feds-eye-new-option-for-michigan-line-5-no-concrete-tunnel-horizontal-drilling Kelly House, Bridge Michigan https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-28/environmental-groups-use-anniversary-of-kalamazoo-river-oil-spill-to-warn-about-enbridge-line-5 The massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife. More than a million gallons of oil was recovered along a more than 35 mile stretch of the river. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:49:07 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-28/environmental-groups-use-anniversary-of-kalamazoo-river-oil-spill-to-warn-about-enbridge-line-5 Lester Graham https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-20/a-guide-to-the-federal-review-of-the-line-5-tunnel The environmental review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment on it is June 30. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:58:52 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-20/a-guide-to-the-federal-review-of-the-line-5-tunnel Teresa Homsi, Izzy Ross | IPR https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-05-29/line-5-tunnel-protestors-rally-on-mackinac-island-call-on-state-to-reject-permits Political and business leaders have been congregating on Mackinac Island this week to discuss state policy, but this afternoon about 150 people showed up to protest the Line 5 tunnel, ahead of Govenor Gretchen Whitmer's address at the policy conference. Thu, 29 May 2025 23:26:35 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-05-29/line-5-tunnel-protestors-rally-on-mackinac-island-call-on-state-to-reject-permits Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-04-17/army-corps-to-fast-track-review-of-line-5-tunnel-project The federal review of the Line 5 tunnel project will be sped up through new emergency procedures under an executive order from President Donald Trump. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:27:06 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-04-17/army-corps-to-fast-track-review-of-line-5-tunnel-project Izzy Ross