Minnesota officials need to do more work on the environmental review of Enbridge Energy's proposed replacement for its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline, which has drawn strong opposition from environmental and tribal groups. The PUC isn't scheduled to decide the bigger question of whether the project is needed until late April at the earliest. Enbridge wants to follow the existing route to Clearbrook, Minnesota, then take a more southerly route to Superior. Enbridge estimates the cost of the overall project at $7.5 billion, including $2.6 million for the Minnesota segment. Several protesters have been arrested in recent months at the pipeline site near Superior, where demonstrators have included veterans of the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.

Source: ABC News December 08, 2017 20:26 UTC