Line 5 is down for the count

For more than 50 years, an oil pipeline has been carrying Canadian
fossil fuels to the US through a pipeline that runs right between 2 of
the great lakes. But after years of environmental flags, and
particularly one very close call, the governor of Michigan decided to
remove a state easement that allowed the Line 5 to operate. POLITICO’s
Ben Lefebvre, on the significance of this removal, and how this move
could open up a new legal front for pipelines across the country.

Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO
Energy.
Ben Lefebvre covers energy for POLITICO.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

For more than 50 years, an oil pipeline has been carrying Canadian fossil fuels to the US through a pipeline that runs right between 2 of the great lakes. But after years of environmental flags, and particularly one very close call, the governor of Michigan decided to remove a state easement that allowed the Line 5 to operate. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre, on the significance of this removal, and how this move could open up a new legal front for pipelines across the country.

Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.
Ben Lefebvre covers energy for POLITICO.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.