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By Kelly House\/bridge Michigan State environmental regulators are reviewing permits they recently granted for the Line 5 tunnel project, in light of a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision that raised the bar for environmental reviews. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, announced the development Wednesday in a press release. Calling the Line 5 pipeline \u201ca ticking time bomb in the heart of the Great Lakes,\u201d Whitmer also wrote a letter Wednesday urging outgoing Enbridge CEO Gregory Ebel to shut it down \u201cwithin months.\u201d \u201cThe Michigan Supreme Court has made clear that the state must more thoroughly scrutinize the environmental consequences of the proposed tunnel and the alternatives to it,\u201d Whitmer said in a statement. \u201cAt the same time, Enbridge… <\/p>\n

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By Kelly House\/bridge Michigan State environmental regulators are reviewing permits they recently granted for the Line 5 tunnel project, in light of a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision that raised the bar for environmental reviews. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, announced the development Wednesday in a press release. Calling the Line 5 pipeline \u201ca ticking time bomb in the heart of the Great Lakes,\u201d Whitmer also wrote a letter Wednesday urging outgoing Enbridge CEO Gregory Ebel to shut it down \u201cwithin months.\u201d \u201cThe Michigan Supreme Court has made clear that the state must more thoroughly scrutinize the environmental consequences of the proposed tunnel and the alternatives to it,\u201d Whitmer said in a statement. \u201cAt the same time, Enbridge... <\/p>\n

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