Enbridge Punches Back on Line 5 Challenge: ‘Nothing but Counter-Factual Speculation’

In this October 2016, file photo, an aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station is shown. AP/John Flesher, File

Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. is pushing back hard against an Indigenous band’s efforts to shut down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline.

The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa wants a federal judge in Wisconsin to order the pipeline closed, fearing a rupture on its territory due to spring flooding.