MICHIGAN PAPER SLAMS GRETCHEN WHITMER'S DECISION TO SHUT DOWN OIL PIPELINE AMID FUEL SHORTAGES: 'CLUELESS' "Enbridge has routinely refused to take action to protect our Great Lakes and the millions of Americans who depend on them for clean drinking water and good jobs," Whitmer said in November when she ordered the pipeline to shut down. Enbridge is defying the shutdown order, however, saying the pipeline hasn't leaked once in its more than 65 years of operation. And in the weeks after the Colonial Pipeline hack and shutdown led to gasoline shortages up and down the East Coast, the company and its allies are saying the United States must keep the pipeline running to preserve energy security.