Environmental groups file challenge to DNR Line 5 decision

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 283

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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A coalition of Wisconsin environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an administrative law judge’s decision to uphold the Department of Natural Resource’s permit approval to reroute the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline across northern Wisconsin.

The petition, filed in Iron County Circuit Court by Clean Wisconsin and Midwest Environmental Advocates on behalf of the Sierra Club, 350 Wisconsin and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, argues that the administrative law …

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