Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for refusal to commit to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel.
As oil and gas companies are increasingly unable or unwilling to properly close down and clean up well sites, the province is stepping in with additional money.
As the tally grows, the province is left with contaminated sites, a leaking wastewater pond and an escalating cleanup bill estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.
