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Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chipp v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., et al

  1. December 13, 2024

    Wis. Tribe Challenges Enbridge Pipeline Reroute Permits

    The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on Thursday sued Wisconsin environmental officials over permits given to Enbridge Inc. to reroute part of its controversial Line 5 pipeline around the tribe's reservation and build a new segment in the area.

  2. November 15, 2024

    Wis. Agency Issues Permits To Reroute Enbridge Pipeline

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved permits needed for Enbridge Energy to move forward with a proposal to reroute a 12-mile portion of its controversial Line 5 pipeline around a Native American reservation and build a new 41-mile segment outside the area.

  3. September 03, 2024

    Army Corps Gets 150K Comments Against Enbridge Pipeline

    Environmental, health and faith groups have joined the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in submitting about 150,000 comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opposing Enbridge Inc.'s plans to reroute its controversial Line 5 pipeline.

  4. May 01, 2024

    Tribe Fires Back At Feds' Brief In Enbridge Pipeline Row

    The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians has called on the Seventh Circuit to reject in part the federal government's position in an appeal over the future of Enbridge Energy's controversial Line 5 oil pipeline.

  5. April 18, 2024

    Enbridge Says Feds' Pipeline Brief Aids Michigan Case

    Enbridge Energy has said the U.S. government's recent brief to the Seventh Circuit in separate litigation over its Line 5 pipeline backs its challenge against Michigan over the state's attempts to shutter the project, arguing the federal government has a strong interest in ensuring that trade and diplomatic relations with Canada aren't affected.

  6. April 11, 2024

    US Sends Mixed Messages In Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Dispute

    The U.S. government sent mixed messages to the Seventh Circuit in weighing in on Enbridge's controversial Line 5 oil pipeline, saying a lower court was right to determine that the company is trespassing on tribal lands, but recommended that the case be remanded and that a tribe's public nuisance claim be dismissed. 

  7. December 18, 2023

    'Pay-As-You-Trespass' Remedy Can't Stand, Tribe Argues

    Enbridge Energy Co. shouldn't be allowed to pay essentially "fair rental value" with a lower court's three-year pass allowing the company to continue operating a controversial pipeline on reservation land despite federal law stating such forced conveyance is invalid, a native tribe in Wisconsin told the Seventh Circuit.

  8. October 24, 2023

    Tribes Say Sovereign Power Is At Stake In Pipeline Fight

    A slew of Native American tribes argue that tribal sovereignty is central to a dispute involving the court-ordered shutdown of an Enbridge Energy oil and natural gas pipeline that traverses a Chippewa band's reservation, saying tribes must have the power to exclude non-Indians from their lands.

  9. October 19, 2023

    Michigan Backs Wisconsin Tribe's Pipeline Fight

    The state of Michigan is the latest party to wade into a Seventh Circuit appeal over the court-ordered shutdown of an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that traverses a Wisconsin Native American tribe's reservation, warning the court in an amicus brief that the threat of a spill is "all too real."

  10. September 12, 2023

    Enbridge Urges 7th Circ. To Axe $5M Pipeline Removal Order

    Enbridge Energy wants the Seventh Circuit to undo an order directing it to pay $5.2 million for trespassing and remove its "Line 5" pipeline from Wisconsin tribal lands in three years, claiming the tribe breached an agreement for continued operations and a judge failed to weigh harms a shutdown could have.