Enbridge Line 5: What to Know in 2023

Enbridge Line 5 is a 645-mile-long pipeline between Superior, WI and Sarnia, Ontario. It crosses over 400 ecologically sensitive wetlands and waterways in the Great Lakes watershed, which supplies the drinking water for 48 million people. Enbridge has promoted its pipeline as a reliable, safe, and affordable method of delivering energy.

Enbridge is seeking state and federal permits to reroute and expand a portion of Line 5, moving it from the Reservation lands of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to just outside of Reservation borders but entirely within the Bad River Watershed, threatening more natural resources than the existing line by moving the risk upstream. The 42-mile expansion would cross nearly 200 waterways, including 6 rivers and 40 named streams, 5 of which are designated Outstanding Resource Waters under the federal Clean Water Act. Copper Falls State Park and its iconic waterfalls would be surrounded on 3 sides by the pipeline.

These pipelines impact an incredibly large swath of Wisconsin waterways and drinking water supply. With that in mind,
what is Enbridge not sharing with you?

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