Minn. regulators recommend against $6.5B pipeline project
Source: The Hill
Officials in Minnesota will recommend the state utilities commission reject a permit for an $6.5 billion pipeline project due to cross the state.
The state’s Department of Commerce said Monday that Enbridge’s proposal to replace its Line 3 pipeline would not benefit the state and instead pose environmental risks. It will ask the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to deny a permit for the project, a decision due next year.
“In light of the serious risks and effects on the natural and socio-economic environments of the existing Line 3 and the limited benefit that the existing Line 3 provides to Minnesota refineries, it is reasonable to conclude that Minnesota would be better off if Enbridge proposed to cease operations of the existing Line 3, without any new pipeline being built,” the Department of Commerce said.
Enbridge is looking to replace its 1960s-era Line 3 pipeline, which transports oil from Alberta to terminals in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It secured Canadian approval for the 1,031-mile, 760,000-barrel-per-day project in November, and construction is underway on a small portion of the pipeline in Wisconsin.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/350135-minn-regulators-recommend-against-65b-pipeline-project
Then the CEO of this company said this: “The way we look at it is that if you oppose this project, you are opposing the enhancement of critical, safety-related infrastructure,” Enbridge CEO Al Monaco told the Minneapolis Star Tribune this weekend.
No ass**** you a destructive force, you are not safety-related, you are a polluter
I guess the Enbridge CEO missed the event in Florida, Mexico, and Leeward Islands, Barbuda, Cuba the last week ....................
His company should be forced to pay for damages, along with other multi-fossil fuel corporations
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