The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled Dane County cannot require a Canadian pipeline company to carry special insurance.
In a 4-1 decision — with two liberal justices, Rebecca Dallet and Shirley Abrahamson, abstaining — the court reversed an appeals court decision, striking insurance clauses the county included in a permit allowing Enbridge Energy to triple the volume of crude oil moving through a Wisconsin pipeline.
The conservative majority — Chief Justice Patience Roggensack and Justices Annette Ziegler, Rebecca Bradley and Daniel Kelly — ruled the 2015 permit must stand without insurance requirements the Legislature barred during the permitting process, rejecting arguments from the county and a group of landowners who said the county should have a chance to reconsider the permit application...
Ken Notes: This should really be a question of the best way to move the product. Trucks and trains have risks as do pipelines. The insurance issue is being used to halt or delay projects rather than insure safe transport which should be the main issue. The real solution will be to reduce the needs for the product in the future.
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