Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Easement Revoked by Michigan Governor

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that she is revoking the easement for Enbridge Inc.'s use of pipelines across the lake beds in the Straits of Mackinac, a step that will shutdown the oil and gas lines by May.

The step fulfills a campaign promise from the first-term Democrat that she would “shut down Line 5,” the 65-year-old dual pipelines that traverse the lake floor between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Her office issued a statement saying the company was in violation of the long-existing easement due to alleged failures to provide “due care” ...