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Building a tunnel for Enbridge Line 5 through the Straits of Mackinac is not a solution to protect the Great Lakes, 400 other water bodies, including Lake Michigan, or our dangerously overheating climate.

Oil BurnSign to protect the Great Lakes from *another Line 5 oil spill

Dear Gov. Whitmer & Secretary Buttigieg:

An oil tunnel through the public bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac won’t protect the Great Lakes from a 645-mile long, 71-year-old Line 5 crude oil pipeline that has leaked at least 33 times into Michigan's environment. Even when its oil isn't spilling into the water, it adds to our climate crisis when burned by spilling carbon into the atmosphere every day. The time to end the threat of a catastrophic oil pipeline rupture is now. Instead of leaving a vulnerable and hazardous oil pipeline operating in the Mackinac Straits for years while trusting a dishonest Enbridge to protect the Great Lakes, I support your action to revoke the Line 5 easement and urge you to prevent an oil tunnel from being constructed.

* Yes, Enbridge Line 5 has already spilled 33 times and 1.1 million gallons.

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  • Lauren Barkwell
    signed via 2024-05-08 15:31:20 -0400
  • Dean Kapellas
    signed via 2024-05-08 13:44:59 -0400
  • Vera Gould
    signed via 2024-05-08 12:31:32 -0400
  • Kulsum Hafeez
    signed via 2024-05-08 12:27:58 -0400
    Gov. Whitmer, what are you even thinking to allow this in our state. You know perfectly well that Michiganders believe in protecting the Great Lakes, our state’s biggest resource and treasure, above everything. Big Oil has shown time and again that they will cut corners and care not a whit about destroying our nation’s clean water. The environment means nothing to them, they will sacrifice it time and again for short term dollars. You, however, as a Michigander, should know better. At the very least this should be put on the ballot for Michigan voters to decide- because you know we wouldn’t support this.
  • Madison Mead
    signed via 2024-05-08 12:26:47 -0400
  • Kari Brekke
    signed 2024-05-08 12:15:03 -0400
  • Jeanna Scott
    signed via 2024-05-08 12:09:31 -0400
  • Geoff Michell
    signed via 2024-05-08 12:04:18 -0400
    Please don’t let this happen on your watch! The Great Lakes are a world treasure, and Enbridge just wants to fill their bank accounts quick before fossil fuels have to be shut off for good.
  • Laura Youngquist
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:59:50 -0400
  • Adrian Syed
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:57:39 -0400
  • Mark Shapiro
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:45:02 -0400
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  • Katherine Bennett
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:31:37 -0400
  • Gabriel Hanna
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:15:40 -0400
  • Arianna Becerra
    signed via 2024-05-08 11:10:59 -0400
  • Valerie Boots
    signed via 2024-05-08 10:55:04 -0400
  • Summer Smith
    signed via 2024-05-08 10:47:23 -0400
  • Jennifer LaRose
    signed via 2024-05-08 10:46:18 -0400
  • Abigail Morley
    signed via 2024-05-08 10:15:54 -0400
    The Great Lakes are the largest source of freshwater on the planet. They provide drinking water for over 40 million people. They’re a vital part of the ecosystem. They’re also a point of tourism for the states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Allowing an oil pipeline to be built through the Great Lakes is short sighted and irresponsible. Oil spills are devastating to the ecosystem and the living creatures inside that ecosystem; This includes human beings. We have a responsibility to this planet. We don’t need another oil pipeline, we need clean, fresh water .
  • Carlie Pyle
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:57:03 -0400
  • Renee Hanna
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:47:31 -0400
  • Joanne Roth
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:40:10 -0400
    Please do not build that tunnel . This is very dangerous for our drinking water. this is a disaster waiting to happen.
  • Guy Sexton
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:34:54 -0400
  • Heather Holsclaw
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:27:05 -0400
    Pipes inevitably leak, and this will threaten our water on a massive scale, for no good reason.
  • dana lentz
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:14:20 -0400
  • Addison Simmons
    signed via 2024-05-08 09:02:56 -0400
  • Austa Feller
    signed via 2024-05-08 08:48:45 -0400
  • Eric Olivas
    signed via 2024-05-08 08:35:14 -0400
  • Dawson Simons
    signed via 2024-05-08 08:27:46 -0400
  • Liz Groth
    signed via 2024-05-08 08:24:33 -0400
  • eleanore sculati
    signed via 2024-05-08 08:08:46 -0400

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