The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed state regulators' key approvals of Calgary-based Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, in a dispute that drew over 1,000 protesters to northern Minnesota last week. Pipeline opponents can appeal the decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court. "With an existing, deteriorating pipeline carrying crude oil through Minnesota, there was no option without environmental consequences," wrote Judge Lucinda Jesson, joined by Judge Michael Kirk. And there was no crystal ball to forecast demand for crude oil in this ever-changing environment." The Line 3 replacement would carry Canadian oilsands oil and regular crude from Alberta to Enbridge's terminal in Superior, Wisconsin.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2021 15:33 UTC