Petition to Enforce the Easement

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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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Alesha Bartlett signed 2016-09-04 21:37:10 -0400
Rebecca Swan-Byrd posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-04 21:25:03 -0400
Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
Matthew Aber-Towns posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-04 20:47:32 -0400
Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
Matthew Aber-Towns signed 2016-09-04 20:47:01 -0400

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Aileen Lemanski signed 2016-09-04 20:00:36 -0400

Protect our waters.
Elizabeth Martin signed 2016-09-04 19:53:36 -0400
Leslie Dolin signed 2016-09-04 17:58:38 -0400
Diane Hubert signed 2016-09-04 17:44:23 -0400
Nathan Thomassin signed 2016-09-04 17:32:06 -0400

I’m ok with this. if the infrastructure breaks down. it’s over. point of no return. I’m not an activist in general, I support some causes in my own corner, and sometimes when we debate about issues of the moment. but please, be smart. even if it costs, and obviously money is in game… don’t let it happen. thank you. Nathan.
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Theresa Gray signed via Tom Tracy 2016-09-04 13:13:12 -0400

Water is a precious commodity – oil spills damage the ecosystem, and damage is irreversible, despite how much money is thrown at it after the fact… Enforce the easement, and don’t sell our state, and our resources out to big oil!
Tom Tracy posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-04 13:06:10 -0400
Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
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Chris McKellar signed 2016-09-04 12:41:54 -0400

We have the opportunity to do the right thing this time while there is still time. Do it.
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