Native American Rights Fund
Coverage of Native American Rights Fund in the Nexus archive.
- Michigan Supreme Court rejects permit for Enbridge oil pipeline under Great Lakes
The Michigan Supreme Court ordered state regulators to reconsider a permit for Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel under the Great Lakes, citing environmental oversight. The court ruled regulators failed to assess the pipeline's extended operational impact and alternatives, while opponents argue the project risks the Great Lakes' ecosystem and sacred sites.
- Michigan Supreme Court rejects permit for Enbridge oil pipeline under Great Lakes
The Michigan Supreme Court rejected a permit for Enbridge's planned tunnel to carry Line 5 oil pipeline under the Great Lakes, citing regulatory failures in environmental impact assessments. The 6-1 decision mandates regulators reevaluate the project, which environmentalists and tribal nations argue poses catastrophic risks to the waterway and sacred Indigenous sites.