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Maggie Singer
One of the fellas got up at 4am to drive up. They all had worked hard preparing their comments, and one person in particular felt really bad about burning all those greenhouse gases to drive so far for the meeting, but he thought his comments were important. In addition, he is poor, and spending $50 in gas to drive up posed a real hardship for him. That he didn’t get to speak is rotten! For the public comment period after the studies are released, I know you are asking people to submit their comments to OWDM. What about comments to the PSAB that didn’t get to be expressed yesterday? Would you prefer they be submitted here or to the PSAB web-site? I didn’t see any tab where comments could be submitted.
I think most folks are tired of hearing complaints and who and how to blame someone but NO THINKING FOLKS appear to be available to presnt SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS! Laws, coust , paper work all kep the lawyers employed but what we need are “DOERS” and Problem Solvers! SO sick of the Whining and complaining and always asking for donatins – Donations for what? For lawsuits and moe talk, talk, talk and ZIP ever gets DONE ! UGH
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for a second term. Unlike Michigan’s Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson and 99.999 percent of our elected Republican representatives, endorse the Plains all American Diamond Pipeline.
The crude shale oil comes from the Bakken and other fracking sites, on a bulk high-pressure line from Cushing Oklahoma to Memphis Tennessee, connecting with the CapLine, going to the Gulf where oil tankers will ship it overseas.
In 2015, 92% of U.S. crude oil exports went to Canada, which was exempt from U.S. crude oil export restrictions. After restrictions were lifted, Canada remained the top destination but received only 58% of U.S. crude exports in 2016.
Below is a story I wrote last week for our local newspaper, Diamond Interruptus.
http://eureka.news/diamond-interruptus/
Arkansas media is controlled by the people telling the governor what to do. The only stories they run are about “protestors” arrested for non-violent resistance.
Against all odds, the people will stop Diamond in a cherry-red state. I would be happy to share how this will be done with our Michigan friends.
Enbridge owns a vast network of pipelines that do not cut through the Great Lakes. Why don’t they use those to transport this oil? They doubled the capacity of their Line 6B just a few years ago (after they spilled 1M gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River watershed) – do you think they might have some capacity there?
This multi-billion dollar company has unlimited resources to maintain their line, and so a nonprofit and tens of thousands of Michigan residents who wish to protect the Great Lakes from an oil spill will not stop them from doing what they could and should do to prevent their pipe from rupturing.
The problem is all pipelines leak. The Great Lakes is simply no place for an oil pipeline.
Thank you for expressing your concerns.
- My last event wasnt half as much as i had hoped, and tho i had some help which i was blessed and grateful fori needed more.. And thanks to the weather, few showed up.. none of my speakers made it, the drum didnt make it.. everything was falling through on me..However, with all the movements for Line 5, Id like to see about possibly doing something with that.. I have many left over items from this past auction id like to use up and more Id like to see about gathering..
Id like to find speakers, Id like to find those who work with oil and water, and flow, and even ex army corps of engineers and dow chemicals specialsts Such as Dr Ed Timm, that live here to come and speak.. Id like to invite people i know who were involved in animal clean up for the Line 6 Spill in Kalamazoo. —
Id like to offer a presentation of what we stand to lose, raise money for the protest – so we can make it BIGGER this year… I mean Honestly id like to shut the BRIDGE DOWN with people to make a statement… How amazing would that be? I want to see hundreds of people in the floatilla.. Id like to get word out now!!!!.. Thats what we Need..
Soooooooooo Who would be interested in helping me? Do you think this would be something good to do?? Im going to need the help from my community too.. I cant do it alone!!!!!….
THOUGHTS??
-—— IDEAS??-—— PLEASE PRESENT THEM!!!!!!!! <3 Thank you-Kchi migwetch!!!!…