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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Jennifer Fosburg signed 2017-07-03 12:13:45 -0400
Rich Fetterly signed via Dave Durbin 2017-07-03 11:28:12 -0400
Christine Certeza signed 2017-07-03 10:18:50 -0400
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Estrella Lozano signed via Betty Ball 2017-07-03 02:40:38 -0400
Mary Garton signed 2017-07-02 17:46:07 -0400

This pipeline poses a simply unacceptable risk to our Lakes, our health, our tourism industry, our ecosystem. Pure water defines Pure Michigan, and we will never be able to clean this mess up — it’s imperative to prevent this disaster in this high-risk situation.
Shane Mckenna signed 2017-07-02 11:35:53 -0400
Monique miles signed 2017-07-02 05:50:52 -0400

Clean water is a basic human right!
Jennifer Masse signed via Mary Cole 2017-07-02 01:09:42 -0400
Cynthia Kruger signed via Betty Ball 2017-07-01 22:29:33 -0400
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Mary Cole posted about this on Facebook 2017-07-01 17:16:01 -0400
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
Mary Cole signed 2017-07-01 17:15:16 -0400

As a former MI resident, I am concerned always about the health of the Great Lakes and my birthplace.
Kristopher Russo posted about this on Facebook 2017-07-01 16:45:52 -0400
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
Kristopher Russo signed via Desmond L. Groh 2017-07-01 16:44:26 -0400
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Betty Ball posted about this on Facebook 2017-07-01 10:24:54 -0400
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
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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
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Michael Schulz posted about this on Facebook 2017-07-01 08:41:46 -0400
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
Michael Schulz signed 2017-07-01 08:41:09 -0400
Daniela Thiel signed 2017-07-01 03:51:10 -0400
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Hartland Smith signed 2017-06-30 22:25:43 -0400

I saw the Enbridge 5 lines installed in 1953. They are definitely old and present a potentially disastrous danger to the waters of the Great Lakes.
Jeannine LaPrad signed via Sarah Naperala 2017-06-30 22:13:39 -0400
Linda Johns signed 2017-06-30 18:58:13 -0400

Linda Johns
Halley Johnson signed 2017-06-30 18:07:22 -0400

Spend the time, money, and intellectual drive on future sources of energy, not antiquated ones!