Enbridge’s Pipeline Tunnel in Michigan Gets Expedited by US

The Trump administration is fast-tracking a permit needed by Enbridge Inc. to build a disputed pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a public notice that it would expedite a permit for the project following an executive order by the president declaring a national energy emergency. It comes as pipelines have been exceedingly difficult to build in the US because of a slow federal permitting process and opposition from environmentalists.

The pipeline has been operating since the 1950s, transporting up to 540,000 daily barrels of crude and natural gas ...