Enbridge to go ahead submitting permits for its controversial Great Lakes Tunnel Project amid COVID-19

https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/post/enbridge-move-forward-tunnel-permitting-amid-pandemic

I don't get it what is so controversial about it. The fact that it will keep bringing people gas not to freeze in the winters?

Opponents challenge Enbridge permit request amid COVID-19 travel limits.

opponents are arguing that the current stay-at-home order, brought about in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, makes it impossible to properly carry out the public comment procedures required for the approval of the application.

https://www.petoskeynews.com/featured-pnr/opponents-challenge-enbridge-permit-request-amid-covid-19-travel-limits/article_2812dc75-f172-5240-81fe-b2eb5e3c487f.html

Worse, Enbridge wants Michigan regulators to declare that they don’t need state permission to construct a replacement pipeline deep beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/enbridge-moves-forward-line-5-tunnel-despite-coronavirus-lockdown

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It is too early for Enbridge to start celebrating. Their permit application process to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac is put on hold. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) finds some information is missing in the application.

https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/05/05/new-enbridges-line-5-tunnel-application-hits-snag-with-state/

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Official reason for EGLE officials suspending the process for the permit sought by Enbridge to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac to house Line 5 is the issues with design and specifications, according to a letter released Wednesday.

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/06/michigan-officials-block-enbridge-permit-line-5-tunnel/5177965002/

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