Stories tagged: "Straits of Mackinac"

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Culture Walkers Can Rediscover Mackinac With This Returning Tradition

Michigan’s traditions are making a comeback, and that means a community walk across one of the state’s most iconic bridges.

Associated Press Associated Press July 2, 2021 10:23 am EDT
Michigan Life The Mackinac Bridge, also known as the Mighty Mac, spans the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas.
Michigan Life Want to Own A Piece of Mackinac Bridge? Here’s How and It’s Cooler Than You Think.

An auction will sell off pieces of the Mackinac Bridge, and it’s a much larger story of masterful civil engineering and what routine infrastructure maintenance could do for Michigan.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel May 11, 2021 4:25 pm EDT
Commentary Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.
Commentary A Ticking Time Bomb: How the Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline Disaster Would Happen

Just six miles from Mackinac Island is an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel March 19, 2021 4:21 pm EDT
Environment This June 2020 file photo, shot from a television screen provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline within the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. Michigan sought a pledge Friday, July 17, 2020 from Enbridge Inc. to cover costs that would arise if oil were to leak from its dual pipelines that extend across a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP File)
Environment Michigan Wants Line 5 Energy Pipeline Company to Pledge $2 Billion in Case of Oil Spill

Michigan leaders contend Line 5 is an environmental hazard that should be shut down.

Associated Press Associated Press July 22, 2020 10:21 am EDT
Environment Photo via State Rep. Greg Markkanen
Environment Why the Republican Push for a Pipeline Under the Straits of Mackinac Is Controversial

State Rep. Greg Markkanen is among those pushing for a more expansive Line 5 project. Here's how that could set Michigan up for an environmental disaster.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel June 25, 2020 2:28 pm EDT

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