Michigan voters could get last word on Line 5 pipeline replacement

Energy News Network: Michigan voters will choose a new governor in November, and in the process they could decide the fate of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline.

Outgoing, term-limited Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration continues to work with Enbridge on a plan for a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac that would carry a replacement for the 65-year-old oil pipeline.

One of the leading candidates to succeed Snyder, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, has promised to shut down Line 5 if elected.

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