Michigan Governor Halts Construction On FREE Needed Pipeline
When you’re the governor of a state and free, good-paying jobs are on the table, you say yes. That is, unless you’re Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Last week, Governor Whitmer halted construction on a replacement pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. Her order comes despite the legislature previously authorizing the pipeline. Her action is outrageous for two reasons. First, the pipeline that currently supplies more than half of the propane used in Michigan is aging, having operated “safely since 1953” according to Enbridge, the company that operates the pipeline. While the pipeline has not had issues, technology has vastly improved since 1953. A…