Significant point scored against the keep-it-in-the-ground mob: Line 3
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Yaaaaay!
Significant point finally scored against the recalcitrant “Keep Oil & Gas in the Ground” mob.
>>> “Denying all requests for reconsideration” <<<
KEK !
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“Enbridge’s much-debated Line 3 oil pipeline replacement chalked up one in the win column on Wednesday
… The Line 3 pipeline plan garnered approval yet again from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to replace in total over a thousand miles of pipeline.
The approval for Line 3’s replacement actually came last year, but petitions were later raised by those opposing the project, asking for the commission to reconsider its approval. It dispensed with the petitions in December, but Minnesota’s governor challenged that ruling last month, the latest in a long string of setbacks for the pipeline project.
… Today, Minnesota confirmed its earlier decision, denying all requests for reconsideration.
● The pipeline, which will help bring Canadian oil to US markets, is not only a win for Enbridge, but a win for Canada’s oil industry, which has suffered from a serious shortage of takeaway capacity that ate away at the price of its oil and created a huge discount to WTI. ● …”