Michigan Governor Appeals Loss Over Enbridge’s Line 5 Regulation

Jan. 6, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Monday appealed a federal judge’s decision that blocked the state from enforcing its order to effectively shut down Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5 international oil and gas pipeline.

The governor notified the judge who ruled against her in December that she’d ask the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review his ruling.

The challenged ruling by US District Court for the Western District of Michigan Judge Robert J. Jonker prevents the state from enforcing its 2020 notice revoking a 1953 state easement for a segment of the aging pipeline and ordering the ...

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