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Enbridge’s Great Lakes Pipeline Has Spilled 1 Million Gallons Since 1968

Enbridge’s Great Lakes Pipeline Has Spilled 1 Million Gallons Since 1968

Enbridge Energy Partners‘ aging Line 5 pipeline, which runs through the heart of the Great Lakes, has spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids in at least 29 incidents since 1968, according to data from the federal Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration obtained by the National Wildlife Federation. Built in […]

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    Taking a Stand Against Tar Sands for Three Year Anniversary of Kalamazoo Spill

    Taking a Stand Against Tar Sands for Three Year Anniversary of Kalamazoo Spill

    EcoWatch By Lauren Berlekamp Today marks the three year anniversary of when Enbridge’s tar sands pipeline spilled more than a million gallons of bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. This incident stands as America’s longest-running and most expensive oil cleanup project as state authorities and Enbridge continue their attempts to remove the heavy oil […]

    Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump

    Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump

    Michael Leonardi July 1 marks Canada Day when many Canadians celebrate the unification of three colonies into their country on the same date in 1867. In Ontario, droves of people head off to their summer cottages and vacation get-a-ways on the shores of the Great Lakes for the holiday weekend. Lake Huron’s sandy beaches and […]