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For decades, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa was unaware that Enbridge's oil pipelines crossed its land. So was Enbridge. Now a tiny piece of Enbridge's northern Minnesota pipeline corridor is in legal limbo, more so since the beginning of the year. The Red Lake land controversy opens a window onto a larger issue, that of tribal compensation for pipeline rights of way - and permission for granting them in the first place. Historically, tribes in Minnesota and across the country were paid a...
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission meeting took testimony on whether Enbridge has proven the need for Sandpiper oil pipeline, which will cross some environmentally sensitive areas. An anti-pipeline Native American environmental group Honor the Earth protested outside, and then many members attended the hearing. Enbridge Energy Partners has essentially pulled the plug on the controversial Sandpiper pipeline in northern Minnesota, just a few weeks after announcing it’s buying a stake in a different pipeline that doesn’t cross Minnesota. Ca...