Indian tribes, business leaders make their cases in Enbridge Line 3 debate

Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its "Line 3" pipeline across northern Minnesota is a golden opportunity to get rid of an old, corroded oil conduit, creating thousands of construction jobs in the process.

Or it's a potential menace to the environment — through oil spills — as the new pipeline wends its way through the Mississippi headwaters region, including wild rice lakes sacred to American Indians.

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