Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Northern Wisconsin

A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights.

By Noel Lyn Smith&Phil McKenna
March 18, 2024
Richard Schultz/Courtesy of 50 Eggs Films
Noel Lyn Smith

Noel Lyn Smith is a Diné (Navajo) reporter at Inside Climate News.

Phil McKenna

Phil is a Boston-based reporter for Inside Climate News.

 
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