The planned $2 billion NEXUS Gas Transmission project is a partnership between Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge and Detroit-based DTE Energy. Despite the opposition, there wasn't much chance the project wouldn't be approved as long as the NEXUS partnership was willing to pay for it. "Receiving this stamp of approval is a testament to our strong history of consultation and successful project execution," said NEXUS Gas Transmission President Jim Grech in a statement. Strong and others refused to allow NEXUS surveyors onto their property, even when they were accompanied by armed sheriff's deputies. She lives 3 miles from a large compressor station that moves gas through the pipeline.

Source: ABC News August 27, 2017 21:11 UTC