Climate Change
Biden Administration Slams Enbridge for Ongoing Trespass on Bad River Reservation But Says Pipeline Treaty With Canada Must Be Honored
Court should increase “paltry” $5 million payment for the Wisconsin tribe, but balancing tribal sovereignty and a binding international agreement is “not a simple matter,” DOJ says.
The U.S. Department of Justice weighed in on a federal court case between the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of the Chippewa Indians and Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge in a legal brief that offered both good and bad news to the northern Wisconsin tribe. The tribe is seeking the removal of an aging petroleum pipeline from its reservation.