Green Groups Seek Speedy Halt to Enbridge Minnesota Pipeline

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to consider greenhouse gas emissions and overlooked the potential harm to American Indians when it approved Enbridge Energy LP’s pipeline project in Minnesota, environmental and tribal groups tell a Washington, D.C., federal court.

The Corps’ improper review of the project violates the National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act, according to the filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The final decision should be vacated, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Sierra Club, and two other groups say in their motion for ...