Enbridge's Line 3: Minnesota route setback

摘要

An administrative judge has rejected Enbridge's preferred route for its Line 3 replacement pipeline through Minnesota. Judge Ann O'Reilly cited environmental risks tied to abandoning the ageing Line 3 and Minnesota's desire to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. She rejected the plan to build along a new pipeline corridor and recommends that the company should instead replace Line 3 along its current path through the state - an option Enbridge had previously dismissed as impractical. That route also cuts through Indigenous reserves that are opposed to the pipeline. O'Reilly's recommendation is non-binding.