News Analysis With climate pledges and inflation running high on both sides of the border, a recent report made some waves by indicating that the Biden administration was evaluating the impacts of shutting down a major Canadian pipeline passing through the U.S. state of Michigan.  Politico reported in early November that the White House was doing a “deep data dive” to evaluate the impacts on fuel prices in Michigan and surrounding areas if Enbridge’s Line 5 were to be shut down. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre addressed this information on Nov. 8, saying that “any reporting indicating that some decision has been made is not accurate.” But when pressed to say if the administration is studying the impact of shutting down Line 5, Jean-Pierre responded “Yeah.” In remarks on Nov. 9, Jean-Pierre said she wanted to clarify what she stated the day prior, declaring that the study she mentioned was …