{"id":2652951,"date":"2026-09-01T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-supreme-court-justices-accepted-jane-fonda-org-donations-before-ruling-against-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:10:48","slug":"state-supreme-court-justices-accepted-jane-fonda-org-donations-before-ruling-against-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-supreme-court-justices-accepted-jane-fonda-org-donations-before-ruling-against-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"State Supreme Court Justices Accepted Jane Fonda Org Donations Before Ruling Against Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-supreme-court-justices-accepted-jane-fonda-org-donations-before-ruling-against-pipeline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2652951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A political action committee (PAC) supported by Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) contributed $5,000 each to Michigan Supreme Court justices Megan Cavanagh and Noah Hood shortly before they voted in favor of vacating approval of Enbridge\u2019s Line 5 pipeline project,citing environmental concerns. The contributions are part of a broader effort by climate-focused groups to influence judicial elections and promote environmental advocacy thru campaign financing. <\/p>\n<p>Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline crossing Michigan and Wisconsin that transports oil and natural gas liquids, with ongoing legal disputes over its safety, environmental impact, and plans for replacement via a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. The Michigan Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling reversed previous approvals related to the pipeline\u2019s underground relocation,with justices Cavanagh and Hood seeking full terms on the court and being endorsed by climate advocacy groups. <\/p>\n<p>The case has significant environmental and political implications, involving efforts to decommission, replace, or shut down the pipeline, with legal battles spanning state and federal courts, tribal land disputes, and international treaties. The involvement of climate-oriented campaign funding raises concerns about the influence of environmental activism on judicial independence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A political action committee (PAC) dedicated to defeating the fossil fuel industry bankrolled two Michigan Supreme Court justices\u2019 campaigns before they ruled against a major oil pipeline project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Roughly six weeks before Michigan\u2019s Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh and Justice Noah Hood voted in a 6-1 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/michigan\/supreme-court\/2026\/168335.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a> to vacate approval of Enbridge\u2019s Line 5 project citing an inadequate review of environmental impacts, their reelection campaigns each received $5,000 from the Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC), campaign finance <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202607179890872856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">records<\/a> <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202607179890872855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reveal<\/a>. The contributions come amid a broader push by climate groups to shape the judiciary by spending money to elect judges with environmental priorities and promoting climate advocacy in lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline which <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mpsc\/commission\/events\/2023\/12\/01\/~\/link.aspx?_id=4A0C4FE4D15F4C8DABA0B8CD8CA3D517&#038;_z=z\">originates<\/a> in Superior, Wis., crosses Michigan\u2019s Upper and Lower Peninsulas, and terminates near Sarnia, Ontario in Canada. The pipeline transports light crude oil and natural gas liquids and has an average annual capacity of 540,000 barrels per day. Only about four miles of Line 5 cross the Straits of Mackinac, where two 20-inch pipelines currently run primarily near or on the lakebed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Jane Fonda, an actress and climate activist who founded the PAC, has publicly denounced the pipeline, and supported Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2021\/06\/08\/explainer-why-a-rural-pipeline-is-a-climate-battleground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to MPR News. She also protested Enbridge Energy\u2019s plan to rebuild the Line 3 crude oil pipeline in Minnesota in 2021, The Associated Press <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mn-state-wire-minnesota-government-and-politics-arts-and-entertainment-environment-and-nature-38ba4df28f86672847e9006ef5b03c75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThis is one more tool the anti-energy left is using to go after anybody that wants to provide low-cost energy to Americans,\u201d Jason Torchinsky, attorney for the Patriots Foundation, an Iowa-based government-transparency watchdog organization (unrelated to the National Football League team), told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Climate groups\u2019 pouring money into judicial races blurs the lines between environmental activism and an independent judiciary, especially if judges rule in an environmental case which may be influenced by funding, critics argue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">JanePAC, Cavanagh, and Hood did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan Supreme Court\u2019s Line 5 ruling also dealt with another major dispute over fossil fuel infrastructure and environmental impacts. The case stems from Enbridge\u2019s plan to relocate the portion of its Line 5 pipeline which crosses the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel beneath the lakebed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan Supreme Court\u2019s July 31 ruling reversed a Michigan Court of Appeals decision which <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/michigan\/supreme-court\/2026\/168335.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> the Michigan Public Service Commission\u2019s approval of Enbridge\u2019s relocation plan. The state supreme court vacated the Commission\u2019s approval and sent the project back to the Michigan Public Service Commission for further <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mpsc\/commission\/news-releases\/2023\/12\/01\/mpsc-approves-siting-permit-for-enbridge-to-relocate-line-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proceedings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The legal battle over Line 5 began in June 2019, when Michigan Attorney General Nessel <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ag\/news\/press-releases\/2019\/06\/27\/attorney-general-nessel-takes-legal-steps-to-decommission-line-5\">sued<\/a> Enbridge in state court. She <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XRDUqzuk0aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wanted<\/a> to decommission the pipeline permanently, describing it as an \u201cunacceptable risk to the Great Lakes.\u201d Nessel argued that continued operation under a 1953 easement <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ag\/news\/press-releases\/2019\/06\/27\/attorney-general-nessel-takes-legal-steps-to-decommission-line-5?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violated<\/a> Michigan\u2019s public trust doctrine and posed an environmental threat to the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Enbridge later sought to move the case to federal court, but the U.S. Supreme Court <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-783_bqm2.pdf\">ruled unanimously<\/a> in April that the company waited too long to do so, requiring the case to return to Michigan\u2019s 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Both Cavanagh and Hood are seeking full terms on the Michigan Supreme Court in November and have been <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SNwch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> by the Jane Fonda Climate PAC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">JanePAC spent $81,000 in Michigan during the current election cycle, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?committee_id=C00806893&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026&#038;cycle=2026&#038;line_number=F3X-29&#038;data_type=processed&#038;utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal<\/a> records show. The PAC, with its financial network including wealthy donors with ties to climate causes, is also backing Michigan candidates beyond the two state supreme court justices. The group notably endorsed Democratic attorney general nominee <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliformichigan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Savit<\/a>, who <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202603179853396305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> $12,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In addition, state Senate candidate <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votenatalieprice.com\/\">Natalie Price<\/a>, Michigan House candidate <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaimechurches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Churches<\/a>, and candidate for Michigan\u2019s 7th Congressional District <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wewill2026.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Lawrence<\/a> \u2014 a co-founder of the <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunrise Movement<\/a>, a Gen Z Green Deal-focused organization \u2014 each received $5,000 for their <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202607179890872857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigns<\/a>, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202607179890872857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to federal campaign <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202607179890872855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">records.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cI am grateful for the support of Jane Fonda Climate PAC for investing in candidates and campaigns based on d priorities,\u201d Jaime Churches told the DCNF in an Aug. 29 statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cMy campaign is focused on making sure working families can afford to live, work, and raise their families in Michigan,\u201d Churches continued. \u201cThat includes supporting policies that protect clean air and clean water, hold polluters accountable, protect our Great Lakes, and make sure that our Downriver communities are not left behind as our energy economy changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Savit, Price, and Lawrence did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) also <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganlcv.org\/michigan-lcv-endorses-chief-justice-megan-cavanagh-justice-noah-hood-for-michigan-supreme-court\/\">endorsed<\/a> Cavanagh and Hood on June 17. The group stated its endorsements are <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganlcv.org\/michigan-lcv-endorses-chief-justice-megan-cavanagh-justice-noah-hood-for-michigan-supreme-court\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a> to candidates who demonstrate a \u201cstrong commitment\u201d to protecting the environment, public health and \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan LCV and Jane Fonda Climate PAC are part of a national climate coalition which seeks to teach legal practitioners how to apply \u201cclimate science\u201d in litigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Cavanagh worked in environmental consulting before entering the legal profession, she <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portiaprojectpodcast.com\/episodes\/episode107-megan-k-cavanagh-BWlHp?utm_source=chatgpt.com#show-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u201cThe Portia Project Podcast,\u201d which focuses on the journey of Women in law, in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cAfter graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in environmental engineering, Megan worked as a consultant evaluating environmental risk and property development before discovering her true calling in the law,\u201d Cavanagh\u2019s campaign website <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cavanaghforjustice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a>. That website, however, does not appear to list her environmental priorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Cavanagh\u2019s record includes several rulings <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganlcv.org\/judge\/justice-megan-k-cavanagh\/\">highlighted<\/a> by the Michigan LCV, such as a court order allowing Flint residents\u2019 constitutional claims over contaminated water to proceed, as well as decisions expanding access to government records. Cavanagh also joined the court\u2019s 4-3 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganlcv.org\/case\/court-denies-petition-to-halt-certification-of-the-2020-election\/\">decision<\/a> rejecting an effort to halt certification of Michigan\u2019s 2020 presidential election results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Hood has a shorter Supreme Court record, having been <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micourthistory.org\/noah-p-hood\/\">appointed<\/a> in May 2025 after serving on the Michigan Court of Appeals and Wayne County Circuit Court. The Michigan LCV <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganlcv.org\/michigan-lcv-endorses-chief-justice-megan-cavanagh-justice-noah-hood-for-michigan-supreme-court\/\">endorsed<\/a> Hood alongside Cavanagh in June, saying both had demonstrated a commitment to protecting Michigan\u2019s \u201crights, resources, environment and democracy.\u201d Hood subsequently joined Cavanagh and four other justices in the Line 5 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/michigan\/supreme-court\/2026\/168335.html\">ruling<\/a> vacating the state commission\u2019s approval of the tunnel project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan Public Service Commission had <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mpsc\/commission\/events\/2023\/12\/01\/~\/link.aspx?_id=4A0C4FE4D15F4C8DABA0B8CD8CA3D517&#038;_z=z\">approved<\/a> Enbridge\u2019s plan in 2023 to replace the existing Straits crossing with a single 30-inch pipeline housed inside a concrete-lined tunnel through bedrock 60 to 370 feet beneath the lakebed. The Commission found a public need for the replacement segment and determined that alternative means of transporting the fuels would carry higher risks and costs for Michigan consumers. The tunnel would also provide, it was argued, additional protection against an accidental rupture or equipment failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Michigan commissioned <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/psab\/-\/media\/Project\/Websites\/psab\/archive\/media\/DynamicRisk-AlternativesAnalysisFinalReport.pdf\">engineering and risk analyses<\/a> examining the condition of the existing Line 5 pipelines, threats to their operation, and probabilities of failure. The state documented <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/egle\/about\/featured\/line5\/overview\">gaps in the pipeline\u2019s protective coating<\/a>, in addition to a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/formergovernors\/recent\/snyder\/press-releases\/2018\/04\/11\/lt-gov-calley-initiate-acceleration-of-straits-of-mackinac-studies-and-legal-action-against\">2018 anchor strike<\/a> leaving three dents in the pipeline and a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/egle\/about\/organization\/water-resources\/submerged-lands\/enbridge-documents-pipeline-anchor-support-damage-2020\">2020 incident<\/a> damaging an anchor support. The studies, however, didn\u2019t find evidence there was an imminent threat of an oil spill from Line 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Michigan also established a no-anchor zone around the Straits crossing, prohibiting vessels from dropping their anchors near the pipelines except in an emergency to reduce the risk of an anchor strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The fight over Line 5 extends beyond the tunnel project. Gov. Whitmer\u2019s administration <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/court-sides-justice-department-stopping-michigan-shutting-down-critical-international\">moved<\/a> in 2020 to revoke the easement allowing the pipeline to cross the Straits and to force Enbridge to cease operating that portion of Line 5. Enbridge fought the attempted shutdown in federal court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">A federal court ultimately <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/court-sides-justice-department-stopping-michigan-shutting-down-critical-international\">blocked<\/a> Michigan\u2019s shutdown effort in December 2025, finding that federal pipeline safety law preempted the state\u2019s effort and that forcing the international pipeline to close conflicted with U.S. foreign policy, another federal domain. The Justice Department intervened in the case and pointed to a treaty between the United States and Canada governing international pipelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The dispute has also spilled into neighboring Wisconsin. The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca7\/23-2467\/23-2467-2026-07-30.html\">sued<\/a> Enbridge in 2019 over the company\u2019s continued operation of Line 5 across tribal lands after rights-of-way over certain parcels expired. The erosion near the Bad River created a risk that the pipeline could rupture, the tribe also <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dockets.justia.com\/docket\/wisconsin\/wiwdc\/3%3A2019cv00602\/44171?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged<\/a>. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca7\/23-2467\/23-2467-2026-07-30.html\">ruled<\/a> in July that Enbridge was trespassing, but ordered a lower court to reconsider the remedies it imposed and concluded that federal law displaced the tribe\u2019s public-nuisance claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Enbridge\u2019s broader pipeline network previously suffered a major spill in Michigan. The company\u2019s Line 6B, a separate pipeline from Line 5, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/enforcement\/enbridge-clean-water-act-settlement\">ruptured<\/a> in 2010 near Marshall, Mich., releasing at least 843,444 gallons of oil into the environment \u2014 much of which entered Talmadge Creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/enforcement\/enbridge-clean-water-act-settlement?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Michigan LCV and Enbridge did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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