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Help us by are calling on our state leaders to enforce the easement granted to Enbridge for their Line 5 oil pipelines to be allowed to operate in the Straits of Mackinac.

Take action to protect the Great Lakes from a disastrous oil spill.

Michigan Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette:

As you know, the Canadian pipeline company Enbridge pumps almost 23 million gallons of oil every day through its Line 5 pipeline, from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario.

Enbridge is currently operating in violation of the 1953 easement agreement with the State of Michigan to operate Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. Turbulent currents and winter conditions make the Straits the worst possible location for a spill. Required supports for Line 5 have washed out for the second time in two years. Independent experts have identified at least seven state and federal violations of this legal agreement with the state.

Since 1988, this 64-year-old pipeline has failed at least fifteen times, dumping about 260,000 gallons of oil on land and in marshes. This pipeline crosses along the bottom of the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac, and through many sensitive inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands.

This pipeline poses an unacceptable risk to our water, ecosystems, health, and economy.

I urge you to act as legal public trustees of our waters and bottomlands to enforce the 1953 Easement and immediately shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill. 

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  • Izah Ahmed
    signed 2020-06-24 17:35:19 -0400
  • Rayyan Ikram
    signed 2020-06-24 13:23:34 -0400
  • Natalie Lawrence
    signed 2020-06-24 12:33:38 -0400
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    signed 2020-06-24 11:58:43 -0400
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    signed 2020-06-24 11:36:38 -0400
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    signed 2020-06-24 11:30:52 -0400
  • Aidan Murray
    signed 2020-06-22 12:03:44 -0400
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  • Benjamin Dwyer
    signed 2020-06-21 12:35:43 -0400
  • Delaney Gilligan
    signed 2020-06-15 12:19:11 -0400
  • Kendal Wronski
    signed 2020-03-06 08:39:31 -0500
  • Jeff Torano
    signed 2020-01-27 21:46:00 -0500
    Line 5 is not in humanity’s best long term interest.
  • Saleem Noormohamed
    signed 2020-01-26 21:01:45 -0500
  • Yani Hanafi
    signed 2020-01-26 19:16:35 -0500
  • Tahera Mamdani
    signed 2020-01-26 18:05:20 -0500
  • Khairunisa Mamdani
    signed 2020-01-26 16:05:37 -0500
    Preserve the environment for future generations….
  • Morgan Phillips
    signed 2020-01-12 15:05:36 -0500
  • Jenny Kendler
    signed 2020-01-09 15:57:17 -0500
  • Tayler Jones
    signed 2019-12-27 23:18:31 -0500
    This deliberate act of neglect cannot continue, especially when our livelihoods and our precious ecosystems are at risk.
  • Nadia
    @nadia_atton tweeted link to this page. 2019-12-05 13:29:35 -0500
    Join me and sign the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line 5. Michigan must act now to protect the Great Lakes https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/enforce_the_easement?recruiter_id=72436
  • Nadia Atton
    signed 2019-12-05 13:29:20 -0500
  • Becky Lyons
    signed 2019-09-22 22:23:54 -0400
  • Marlon Pokorny
    signed via 2019-09-20 21:40:31 -0400
    Thanks for the great join your doing to keep Michigan waters clear for us and the future! God Bless you all.
  • Jenna Castor
    signed 2019-09-10 22:43:59 -0400
  • Andre Brown
    signed 2019-09-03 18:15:36 -0400
  • Aubrey Miller
    signed 2019-09-02 14:42:51 -0400
  • Darryl Gibson
    signed 2019-08-23 19:31:08 -0400
  • Catherine Eberhardt
    signed 2019-08-07 13:14:27 -0400
  • Bryan Keller
    signed via 2019-04-25 20:08:31 -0400
  • Krysten Mayernik Keller
    signed 2019-04-25 20:03:15 -0400

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