Landowners sue Enbridge over pipeline pump insurance
The lawsuit, filed Monday in
"Today, seven citizens stood up and made that demand," 350 Madison Climate Action Team wrote in a news release announcing the lawsuit.
According to the lawsuit, the statute was not made retroactive, leaving intact a condition included in a county conditional use permit that requires Canadian oil pipeline company
The lawsuit states that the product to be carried by the pipeline, bitumen, is far more corrosive to pipes, making it more dangerous to carry, and it is more "challenging and expensive" to clean up, should it spill due to a pipeline failure.
And should the pipe break, the lawsuit states, the pressure inside the pipe would result in the release of more than two million gallons of oil per hour until the pipeline is closed down.
The lawsuit states that
The
Last month,
The landowners' lawsuit states that the change in state law was made at the behest of lobbyists for
The plaintiffs in the case include
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