Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway.
FILE - In this photo provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, footage played on a television screen shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline within the Straits of Mackinac, Mich., in June 2020.
“We greatly appreciate the meaningful input received throughout scoping and will use this information to shape studies and continuing consultations throughout development of our draft environmental impact statement,” District Commander Lt. Col. Brett Boyle said. “To borrow a phrase from the president when he was running, we want to build back better and sooner,” Fernandez said. “But right now, it appears that the federal government, or at least the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has not gotten that message.”Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, environmental groups and Native American tribes want shut downThey contend the nearly 4-mile section is vulnerable to a rupture.
“It's a very unique site," Wesolek said. “It has plants and animals that are only found in the Great Lakes.” “It's where we went historically for trade,” she said. “It's where we performed ceremony. It's where we would have our fishing camps and our hunting camps.”
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