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An oil pipeline runs under the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separating Michigan’s Lower Peninsula from its Upper Peninsula. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much bigger, encompassing some key questions of the 21st century.
A section of Enbridge’s Line 5 runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy via AP

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions

The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.

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