Resistance to Pipeline Bigger than Keystone Thwarts Enbridge in Wisc.

"Enbridge wants to triple the volume of oil it pumps through Dane County, which wants a $25 million safety net."

"Pipeline giant Enbridge, Inc., is in a standoff with a Wisconsin zoning committee over the company's plans to vastly increase the amount of tar sands oil pumped through one of its lines.

In an unusual move, the Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee slapped additional insurance requirements on Enbridge before letting it build a new high-capacity pump station along its Line 61.

Boosting pumping power is critical to Enbridge's plan to triple the capacity of the six-year-old pipeline that runs from northern Wisconsin to refineries near Chicago. Adding the insurance is one of few precautions the county can take to prepare for a potential spill on the expanded line."

David Hasemyer reports for InsideClimate News May 12, 2015.