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Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

  • Written by Mike Shriberg, Professor of Practice & Engagement, School for Environment & Sustainability; Director of the University of Michigan Water Center, University of Michigan
imageAn oil pipeline runs under the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separating Michigan's Lower Peninsula from its Upper Peninsula.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

What began as a straightforward question from one water-quality advocate has morphed into a high-stakes battle over an oil pipeline at the highest levels of the U.S....

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