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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Thomas D'Elia signed 2016-09-01 07:19:34 -0400
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Thomas Maurer signed 2016-09-01 06:08:55 -0400

Keep our Great Lakes great! Abolish ALL underwater pipelines. The risk is so not worth the reward. I am sure Big Oil douchebag PR people will try to tell you differently as they slip a nice check in your hand or donation into your campaign fund but it’s time to wake up look at yourself in the mirror and ask “am I doing right by my fellow Americans or do I just care about the paycheck, donations and endorsements I get from Big Oil?” What about your children grandchildren and many future generations to come? They too deserve to enjoy the greatness of all the Great Lakes and in an instant the whole thing can and eventually will turn to hell in a handbag. All it’s going to take is one spill or line to break and time is against us all. If they are left it is inevitable that there will be a catastrophe so DO THE RIGHT THING and eliminate them. The whole world is turning “green” and it’s time you do the same. Global warming is here and is real. No denying the facts. Time to get off the fossil fuel teet and find alternatives!
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Join me in signing the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line5 - Michigan must enforce the Enbridge easement.
Virginia Resch signed 2016-09-01 04:37:46 -0400
Sean Weitz signed 2016-09-01 02:45:35 -0400

It is our duty as a people on this planet to protect these waters. This is beyond politics. I ask that you do the right thing, for my generation and for future generations to come. We must make responsible choices and take just action quickly, before it is too late.
casey warren signed 2016-09-01 01:47:51 -0400

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trevor spruit signed 2016-09-01 01:21:58 -0400
James Hoovler signed 2016-09-01 01:08:35 -0400

We can take a stand, set the president, that big oil companies need to be responsible! They cannot just take what they want and leave us, the tax payers, with their mess to clean up.
Lynn Dionne signed 2016-09-01 01:08:12 -0400
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I own a cottage on Lake Michigan. Keep the waters clean!

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