Michigan Abandons Line 5 Challenge to Focus Instead on 2019 State Court Lawsuit

Michigan Abandons Line 5 Challenge to Focus Instead on 2019 State Court Lawsuit
In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich. Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has abruptly abandoned her federal court case aimed at shutting down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline.

Instead, Attorney General Dana Nessel says Whitmer will concentrate the government’s efforts on a long-standing state court action against pipeline owner Enbridge Inc. that was originally filed in 2019.