Citing ‘Near Certain Harm’ If Pipeline Were Shut Down, Judge Stays Injunction

( March 3, 2026, 11:13 AM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge in Wisconsin stayed an injunction that was set to take effect in June, which would have shut down operation of a pipeline known as Line 5 that runs across Native American lands.  The judge said that the initial threat of “catastrophic rupture” that prompted the injunction “has thankfully been reduced” and that the tribe’s concerns do not outweigh the “near certain harm to local, state, national and international economies that would occur with an abrupt shutdown.”...