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Freighter Fails in Great Lakes Highlight Line 5 Risks
After the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Michiganders are not ruling out a similar tragedy in the Great Lakes. After obtaining a public records request from the U.S. Coast Guard, a new report in the Detroit News discovered that Great Lakes freighters lost control or power more than 200 times between 2012 and May 2022, and crashed with stationary objects more than 60 times over the same decade. While the News notes that a freighter crash similar to the Key Bridge tragedy is unlikely with the Mackinac Bridge, there is a profound risk of damaging Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
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Minnesota Currents | Fall 2021
In This Issue: The Fight To Stop Line 3 | Minnesota Needs Sustainable, Healthy, & Informed Grocery Shopping Options | Let's Get The Lead Out of our Water! | What EPA's PFAS Roadmap means for Minnesota | Plastics and Climate - Why We Need To ReThink Disposable | Profiles In Prevention