LANSING, Mich. (Great Lakes News) – Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) is calling out Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) over her crusade to shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.

The pipeline, owned by Canadian-based Enbridge Energy, carries oil across large portions of the Midwest.

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Gov. Whitmer and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel contend that Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 poses a risk of a “catastrophic” oil spill in the Great Lakes and the two have launched legal challenges to shut down the pipeline.

Lt. Gov. Husted said Michigan needs to end its legal effort to shut off the energy source since those actions could deliver more pain at the gas pumps.

“You see the consequence of higher fuel prices on public opinion and on the lives of working-class Americans,” Husted told Fox News Digital. “In this case, it’s being caused by [Russian President] Vladimir Putin. But it could easily be caused by Governor Whitmer in the future for the people that are served by this pipeline if they don’t find an alternative.”

Enbridge Energy has operated Line 5 since 1953 and has not had any accidents in the Great Lakes. In 2018, an anchor strike from a ship damaged electrical lines owned by Wisconsin-based American Transmission Company, releasing hundreds of gallons of mineral oil into the Straits.

Enbridge is spending $500 million of its own money to build a tunnel to encase Line 5.