According to an independent report released Friday morning by the National Wildlife Federation, the Upper Peninsula does not need to use Enbridge’s Line 5 for its propane supply. The Upper Peninsula currently relies on Line 5’s propane as a source of energy. But the report says Michigan can get propane via truck or rail for an estimated additional five cents per gallon. Mike Shriberg, the Great Lakes regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation, says, “to put that into context, the normal annual fluctuations tend to be about 30 or 40 cents per gallon for propane.” The report was put together by London Economics International and funded by Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. It was commissioned by the NWF, which has advocated for Line 5 to be shut down. Shriberg says Michigan lawmakers have expressed concern over shutting down Line 5 because of the Upper Peninsula’s reliance on propane, but that this report could change that. “What it shows is that we don't have to trade
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