March 02, 2026
A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.
February 25, 2026
Enbridge Energy LP insists that a Wisconsin federal court has the authority to pause a looming shutdown of a portion of its Line 5 pipeline, telling a judge that keeping the crude oil and natural gas liquids line running amid an appeal would prevent "painful, irreparable harm" to consumers, workers and energy markets in the U.S. and Canada.
February 17, 2026
A Wisconsin tribe is fighting a request by Enbridge Energy Inc. to stay a June 16 deadline to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on reservation lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, telling a federal district court that the Canadian company's motion is "jurisdictionally infirm."
February 09, 2026
The government is backing a bid by Enbridge Energy Inc. to stay an order requiring the partial removal of its Line 5 pipeline that runs through Wisconsin tribal lands, saying that while it has an interest in protecting federal trust lands, the case implicates significant interests in foreign affairs.
January 28, 2026
Enbridge Energy Inc. is looking to pause a shutdown order of a segment of its Line 5 pipeline that runs through Wisconsin tribal lands pending its Seventh Circuit appeal, arguing to a Wisconsin district court that a cutoff would cause disproportionate economic harm and energy shortages.
June 20, 2023
Enbridge Energy Co. must remove an oil and natural gas pipeline from Wisconsin tribal land, a federal judge has ruled, giving the company three years to reroute its controversial Line 5 and ordering it to pay $5.2 million for trespassing.
May 25, 2023
Oil and gas companies and industry groups siding with Enbridge Inc. can't submit declarations about the potential economic impact of a pipeline shutdown unless they're saying something that wasn't already offered by past experts in a fight over whether the energy giant must move its Line 5 pipeline off a reservation in northern Wisconsin, a federal judge ruled.
May 17, 2023
Enbridge Energy Co. is pushing back on warnings that a portion of its 645-mile pipeline carrying oil and natural gas across the Upper Midwest could soon rupture, assuring a Wisconsin federal judge that no disaster is imminent and detailing its response if such a risk were to emerge.
May 11, 2023
Tribal leaders in northern Wisconsin say a controversial Enbridge Energy Co. pipeline that spans their reservation must be shut down, warning that soil erosion has recently accelerated "at an alarming pace" and risks exposing, and then possibly rupturing, the oil and gas pipeline.
November 29, 2022
Pipeline owner Enbridge Energy Co. and a Chippewa tribe will have to hash out a plan to prevent a potential pipeline oil spill before the court will rule on whether the pipeline running through the tribe's northern Wisconsin reservation constitutes a public nuisance, a Wisconsin federal judge ruled on Monday.