{"id":22096,"date":"2023-09-18T23:43:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T06:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/undo-line-5-shutdown-order-federal-governments-filing-urges-u-s-appeals-court\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T23:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T06:43:41","slug":"undo-line-5-shutdown-order-federal-governments-filing-urges-u-s-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/undo-line-5-shutdown-order-federal-governments-filing-urges-u-s-appeals-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Undo Line 5 shutdown order, federal government’s filing urges U.S. appeals court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON \u2013 Ottawa is urging a U.S. appeals court to reverse a Wisconsin judge\u2019s order that threatens to shut down the Line 5 cross-border pipeline by June 2026.<\/p>\n

Forcing a shutdown would violate Canada\u2019s treaty rights, government lawyers argue in an amicus brief filed today with the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

A Wisconsin court ruling in June gave Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. an ultimatum: reroute the pipeline around an Indigenous reserve within three years or shut it down.<\/p>\n

Enbridge plans a 66-kilometre detour to replace the 19-kilometre stretch that runs through the sovereign territory of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.<\/p>\n

Both sides are appealing the decision \u2013 Enbridge wants more time to finish the reroute, while lawyers for the band want the taps turned off for good.<\/p>\n

The band and its environmental allies fear a spill inside an ecologically sensitive and flood-prone Lake Superior watershed on the Bad River reserve.<\/p>\n

\u00a92023 THE CANADIAN PRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n