Beth Wallace, director of Climate and Energy for the National Wildlife Federation speaks out against the Line 5 Tunnel Project in Battle Creek. July 26, 2025 | Screenshot
Environmental advocates gathered Saturday in Battle Creek for a day of remembrance 15 years after the rupture of Canadian energy company Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline, which spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.
Although the restoration effort that followed was largely considered a success, the situation caused one of the worst inland oil spills in U.S. history…