State agencies on Wednesday issued key permits for the controversial Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac, concluding the project’s benefits outweigh drawbacks that include disruption to Native American burial sites and harm to wetlands and rare species.

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Michigan regulators issued permits for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel as wildfire smoke blotted out Mackinac Bridge. Despite warnings of climate change impacts, permits were granted,…