Enbridge scores victory on Minnesota's Line 3 pipeline project

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Despite legal challenges, Line 3's replacement in Minnesota is nearly complete and expected to be in service in the fourth quarter of 2021

The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on Tuesday from opponents of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline project. The move upholds a June decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals to allow the project's construction to proceed and leaves Native American and environmental groups protesting Line 3 with a dwindling number of legal options.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals declared that the state's Public Utilities Commission correctly granted the Calgary, Alberta-based natural gas distributor a certificate of need and route permit for the 337-mile Minnesota segment of a larger project to replace an aging crude oil pipeline built in the 1960s that can run at only half capacity. The court also backed the commission's approval of the environmental review for the project.

Opponents of the pipeline have argued that Line 3's replacement violates treaties and threatens waters where wild rice grows. They also argue that the oil carried by Line 3 will aggravate global warming.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/enbridge-scores-victory-minnesota-line-3-pipeline

A rare win for keeping people supplied with energy.

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But now we know why

Biden adviser Susan Rice to divest $2.7M stake in company building oil pipeline administration supported

Federal ethics watchdog ordered Rice to sell stakes in more than three dozen corporate entities worth more than $30M
A federal ethics watchdog agency ordered Susan Rice, the director of President Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, to sell a lucrative stake in Canadian energy firm Enbridge Inc. earlier this this month, just weeks after his administration allowed the company's hotly debated Line 3 oil pipeline to proceed.

The Office of Government Ethics directed Rice to divest from more than three dozen corporate entities in which she, her husband, or a family trust held shares, due to potential conflicts of interest, according to filings dated July 9 and obtained by FOX Business. The holdings include shares of Enbridge worth more than $2.7 million on the date of the filing.

In late June, Biden administration officials defended a Trump-era decision to grant permits for the Line 3 pipeline. The decision roiled environmental activists and Native American groups and came just months after Biden shuttered the Keystone oil pipeline amid similar protests.

Rice’s stake in Enbridge is one of several stock holdings that seemingly conflicted with some of the Biden administration’s most prominent policy initiatives, including efforts to lower pharmaceutical drug prices, crack down on the projects most responsible for carbon emissions, and target Big Tech firms.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-susan-rice-divest-enbridge-pipeline-company-stake