Negligent MN PUC gives Enbridge an OK

By no possible stretch of the imagination is Enbridge's proposal a) safe; b) needed; or c) anything other than a "public bad" in any way, shape, or form. And this doesn't make it a done deal.

Months after a court decision threw its future into question, the Line 3 pipeline replacement project is moving closer to regaining the permits it needs to begin construction.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted 3 to 1 Monday on three key approvals for the project: a revised environmental review, a certificate of need and a route permit...

Paul Blackburn, an attorney representing Honor the Earth and the Sierra Club in the case, suggested that the groups he represents — and others — will again challenge the environmental statement at the Minnesota Court of Appeals if the PUC fails to broaden its analysis of the impacts of a potential spill on Lake Superior. - MPR