very much. on.
news, hundreds turned out in Ashland for public hearings this
week on a proposed addition and reroute of the controversial
line five pipeline. The US Army Corps of Engineers held the
hearings on a proposal by the Canadian Enbridge Energy Company
to install 40 miles of new pipeline, seen in red in a
reroute of line five around the bad River reservation.
As to the reroute, the tribe sued Enbridge over concernsf
leaks and ruptures affecting the watershed, and a federal judge
ruled the company must remove the pipeline from tribal land by
2026. Bad River does not want you
there. We're talking about lengthening our addiction and
our commitment to using this thing to flow.
>> Oil and gas through it at a time when we need to be doing
everything we can as fast as we can to stop that.
pipeline is needed to maintain >> Those in favor say the
and will create jobs here in energy independence, is safe,
five, the reroute underway, get support of Enbridge to get line
these get these permits through. >> So our members, a lot of
tradesmen from northern Wisconsin and across the state
can get to work on this project. >> Without line five, there
would be a significant impact to not only the fuel, but
definitely the natural gas liquids that would raise prices.
It could cause shortages. >> Currently, line five
transports half a million transports half a million