Controversial oil pipeline to Lake Superior clears hurdle in Minnesota
June 08, 2015
MINNESOTA — A controversial pipeline that would carry crude oil from North Dakota to the Great Lakes has cleared a regulatory hurdle in Minnesota.
On Friday, June 5, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously granted a certificate of need to an Enbridge Energy subsidiary for its $2.6 billion Sandpiper pipeline project - an approval that was met with pre-planned protests in Minneapolis-St. Paul this weekend.
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