By Canadian Press

Enbridge Energy Pipeline

Final approval granted to Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline replacement

Mar 28, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Good news for Alberta’s oilpatch.

Minnesota regulators have granted final approval to Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement.

The new line would cross Alberta, a corner of North Dakota and Minnesota to an Enbridge terminal in Wisconsin.

Calgary-based Enbridge also needs state and federal permits, and hopes to get them around the end of the year.

Environmentalists and some First Nations oppose the project, arguing the heavy oilsands oil the replacement pipeline will carry will accelerate climate change.