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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Madison Fairchild signed 2016-09-01 10:00:12 -0400
Adriane Schrauben signed via Monica Brandi 2016-09-01 09:56:58 -0400
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Hannah Spencer posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-01 09:41:46 -0400
Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
Hannah Spencer signed 2016-09-01 09:40:56 -0400
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Justin VerMeer signed 2016-09-01 09:20:48 -0400

Please consider the generational impact that inaction will likely have in this place, for us and our children. This can become a symbol of doing right! Justin
Brianna Yagiela signed 2016-09-01 09:16:40 -0400
Tricia Wilson signed 2016-09-01 09:16:27 -0400

Our family visited Mackinac Island and Traverse City this past summer. We dream of a summer home in your area. Please protect your amazing gift.
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Joseph Mold posted about this on Facebook 2016-09-01 08:53:51 -0400
Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
Joseph Mold signed 2016-09-01 08:53:31 -0400

The pipeline under the Big Mac bridge is a problem waiting the happen!
Hannah Woods signed via Monica Brandi 2016-09-01 08:52:05 -0400
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Paul Maki signed 2016-09-01 07:52:39 -0400

There is no reason to risk the Great Lakes to an oil spill. We have already dumpped brrels of toxic waste that we are trying to remove. This is too fragile of an ecosystem. .Paul Maki
Kajean Secord-Bennett signed 2016-09-01 07:50:56 -0400

Let’s stop this before it’s too late and we have oil spill in our great lakes
Cory Monty signed 2016-09-01 07:42:08 -0400
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