![The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Wednesday, June 3, 2015 The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission met Wednesday to hear testimony on whether Enbridge has proven the need for Sandpiper oil pipeline which will cross some environmentally sensitive areas. An anti-pipeline Native American environmental group Honor the Earth protested outside then many members attended the hearing.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/DSBBLYAR2VAACJEZ5CGP4ZESDU.jpg?&w=1080)
In a pair of commentaries, the pros and cons are considered for Enbridge's application for a certificate of need for its proposed Sandpiper crude-oil pipeline. The line would convey up to 375,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil per day over a distance of 610 miles from Beaver Lodge Station, N.D., to Superior, Wis.:
• Sandpiper will be safe, provide jobs in northern Minnesota, remain environmentally sensitive and help reduce our reliance on imported energy, writes Enbridge's Paul Eberth.
• Sandpiper should be denied because the detriments to humans and the Earth from greenhouse gases will outweigh the economic benefits, writes Stan Sattinger of the climate-change group MN350.
