Environmental and Government News #5 (kind of): 8/27/25
Hello, welcome back to my blog! Instead of the usual "monthly rundown", I'd like to share a little of what I have been up to in the past few months (hopefully it's interesting enough to excuse my 2 month absence from posting). About 1 month and a half ago, I learned about the Line 5 pipeline n the straits of Mackinac. I quickly became interested in the issue, especially the debates surrounding the topics. I was able to get in contact with a couple of the involved parties, including the EGLE, Enbridge, and Sierra Club. I asked each of them the following questions: 1.) If all sides (Environmentalists, Enbridge, etc.) came to the table tomorrow with an open mind on the Line 5 issue, what would the first compromise look like to you? 2)How do you personally weigh the risk of ecological damage against the economic benefits of Line 5, and where do you draw the line between acceptable risk and irreversible harm? EGLE (Department of Environment, Great...