Enbridge

The Line 5 pipeline has won a stay of execution in Wisconsin, where a federal judge sided with an Indigenous group's complaint but stopped short of ordering the controversial cross-border energy link shut down entirely.

It’s clear that decisions about Enbridge's Line 5 are not made in a vacuum. They have been heavily influenced by external lobbying efforts.

According to an expert analysis Enbridge submitted to a Wisconsin court, shutting down the 1,000-kilometre pipeline, which carries crude oil and natural gas liquids across Wisconsin and Michigan to Sarnia, Ont., would result in consumer price increases of less than one cent per gallon in the U.S.

From carbon capture and hydrogen development to the accelerated rollout of wind and solar power and rapid electrification of transportation systems, the federal government has laid out an ambitious roadmap to get Canada to its climate target of cutting emissions by 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2050.