Sierra Club v. United States Forest Service

  1. July 01, 2016

    Sierra Club Loses 6th Circ. Forest Pipeline Challenge

    The Sixth Circuit on Thursday shut down a Sierra Club appeal challenging the U.S. Forest Service's decision to renew Enbridge Energy Partners LP's permit for a crude oil pipeline through Michigan's Huron-Manistee National Forest without an environmental analysis.

  2. November 25, 2015

    Sierra Club Takes Mich. Pipeline Fight To 6th Circ.

    The Sierra Club on Tuesday appealed to the Sixth Circuit a judgment affirming a U.S. Forest Service-issued permit that cleared the way for Enbridge Energy Partners LP to continue to operate its oil pipeline that runs through Michigan's Huron-Manistee National Forests.

  3. June 17, 2015

    USFS Defends Skipping Enviro Review Of Enbridge Pipeline

    The U.S. Forest Service has asked a Michigan federal judge to ax a suit challenging Enbridge Energy Partners LP's permit to run an oil pipeline through a national forest, contending that the agency properly found a more strenuous environmental review unnecessary.

  4. February 25, 2015

    Enbridge Joins USFS In Mich. Pipeline Review Suit

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday granted Enbridge Energy LP's unopposed motion to intervene in a suit alleging the U.S. Forest Service bypassed the environmental review process for one of the company's pipelines.

  5. February 13, 2015

    Enbridge Seeks Voice In Enviro Suit Over Mich. Pipeline

    Enbridge Energy LP on Thursday asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit in Michigan accusing the U.S. Forest Service of bypassing the environmental review process for one of the company's pipelines, saying the litigation could imperil its project and that the service doesn't represent the company's interests.

  6. January 15, 2015

    Sierra Club Sues USFS To Force Review Of Mich. Pipeline

    The U.S. Forest Service was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday accusing it of faltering in its duty to protect a national forest in Michigan by bypassing the environmental review process for an over 1,000 mile Enbridge Energy Partners LP Pipeline.