Biden Admin Dismisses Michigan Gov’s Wishes On Line 5 Pipeline Closure

Biden Admin Dismisses Michigan Gov’s Wishes On Line 5 Pipeline Closure

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer tours the 2021 Motor Bella auto show on September 21, 2021 in ... [+] Pontiac, Michigan. The Biden Administration has announced that it is not, for now, supporting the closure of the Line 5 pipeline, which carries Canadian oil and gas across the border into Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pushed in recent months for the line's closure, on environmental grounds. The Administration announced that it was not attempting to close Line 5 after all. Instead, it will continue a review by the Army Corps of Engineers and will maintain intensive talks with the Canadian government about the pipeline's future. Closing Line 5 would have limited the flows of oil and gas from Canada, which would have kept pressure on rising fuel prices, especially gasoline and propane. In addition, immediate closure of the pipeline would have dramatically affected Canada's economy and energy services on both ends, as the oil and gas products transported by Line 5 are first drilled and enter the pipeline in Western Canada, are then transported through the Northern United States where the pipeline deviates into Michigan, and are ultimately delivered for refining after the pipeline then reenters Canada and terminates at a