Latest on Line 5: The crude oil project that threatens northern WI
July 21, 2025
Enbridge is pushing to blast and trench its way across northern Wisconsin to build a reroute of Line 5. The latest on legal action to stop it.…
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At the breaking point: The Line 5 contested case hearing
July 8, 2025
In northern Wisconsin, where the Bad River flows through the largest wild rice beds in the Great Lakes basin, a legal battle is looming. The outcome may decide the fate of a dangerous oil pipeline and the health of a fragile watershed.…
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Clean Wisconsin, partners move to block Line 5 permits
December 12, 2024
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued permits in November that would allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to clear trees, dig trenches and fill wetlands to make way for a new 41-mile segment of its Line 5 pipeline.…
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Clean Wisconsin considers legal challenge to Line 5 permits
November 14, 2024
The proposed pipeline route, which crosses 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and hundreds of acres of wetlands, is upstream of Copper Falls State Park and poses a huge risk to the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.…
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DNR issues Environmental Impact Statement for Line 5 pipeline
September 12, 2024
Calgary-based Enbridge, Inc. is seeking permits from the DNR that would allow the company to reroute its pipeline across 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and 612 acres of wetlands.…
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Proposed Line 5 reroute reaches critical juncture
June 20, 2024
The controversial proposal by Enbridge Energy to reroute a segment of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin has reached…
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Environmental Groups Warn Against Fast-Tracking Federal Review of Line 5 Pipeline Project in Northern Wisconsin
May 16, 2024
“Holding the public hearing now, before the Army Corps has all the information it needs to fully assess the risks to our wetlands and waterways, is premature and unfairly deprives the public of a meaningful opportunity to participate in the process,” said Brett Korte, staff attorney with Clean Wisconsin.…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Denies Meteor Timber Appeal in Wetlands Case
April 14, 2022
A rare Wisconsin wetland will remain protected. Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a petition from Atlanta-based Meteor Timber, LLC., to re-hear its…
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Appeals Court Sides with Clean Wisconsin and Ho-Chunk Nation to Protect Rare Wetland
December 16, 2021
Today the Court of Appeals handed a major victory to Clean Wisconsin and its partners, ensuring a rare, critical Wisconsin wetland will remain protected...…
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Saved Rare Wisconsin Wetland
December 16, 2021
In 2021, Clean Wisconsin secured another legal victory to protect one of our state's rarest types of ecosystems.…
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