Oil and water: The Line 3 debate

In second Line 3 approval, state regulators take up safety, spills — and climate change

The Line 3 line runs close to Pike Bay, between the railroad and Hwy. 2.
Enbridge Energy's current Line 3 pipeline runs close to Pike Bay and between the railroad and Highway 2 near Cass Lake, Minn., on the Leech Lake reservation. The $2.9 billion project proposes to replace an aging pipeline, built in the 1960s, with a newer pipeline that the company says will be safer and built with the latest technologies. Opponents of the project say the new pipeline will risk contaminating Minnesotan forests, wild rice beds, lakes and rivers in the event of a spill and will contribute to global warming.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News 2018