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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Melissa Mclaury Freye signed 2017-03-30 06:18:23 -0400
Heidi Coash posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-30 05:41:23 -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
Heidi Coash signed 2017-03-30 05:41:04 -0400
Karen Reid posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-30 02:39:46 -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
Karen Reid signed 2017-03-30 02:39:07 -0400

Protect the economy of Michigan! Do something about this pipeline before it breaks.
Jacqueline Alaniz signed via Haley Bussell 2017-03-30 01:40:18 -0400

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Harold Watts signed via Olowaan Plain 2017-03-30 01:33:03 -0400
Cat Motycka signed 2017-03-29 23:59:54 -0400
Samantha Mahon signed via Haley Bussell 2017-03-29 21:27:31 -0400
Brian Will signed via Haley Bussell 2017-03-29 21:11:10 -0400

Don’t let corporate greed destroy such a unique natural beauty
Haley Bussell posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-29 21:01:45 -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
Haley Bussell signed 2017-03-29 21:01:15 -0400

The Great Lakes need to protected before this pipe line bursts. We cannot have a repeat of what happened in Kalamazoo because it would be devastating to the environment, economy, and the Great Lakes so many call home.
Robert Andrews signed 2017-03-29 20:59:55 -0400
julie netzley signed 2017-03-29 20:03:45 -0400
Mary Rupert signed 2017-03-29 19:19:19 -0400

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Olowaan Plain posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-29 17:32:07 -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
Carol Plain signed 2017-03-29 17:31:10 -0400

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Lynn Maxwell Derck posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-29 17:08:30 -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
Kay Maxwell signed 2017-03-29 17:07:38 -0400

Without your action, Line 5 will rupture, spilling hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of gallons of dirty oil into our Great Lakes. Human and animal lives will be impacted, shorelines despoiled… drinking water, livelihoods, health, tourism, sports and recreation ended or crippled. Welcome to the Great Dead Lakes.
Sue George signed 2017-03-29 12:16:43 -0400

The line is past it lifetime. We can not afford a spill in the Great Lakes. Respect the treaty rights.
Danielle Lavaque-manty signed 2017-03-29 10:56:00 -0400

If you let Enbridge damage the Great Lakes, it will harm Michigan’s economy significantly.
Susan Easlick signed 2017-03-29 04:47:06 -0400
Bonnie Hanmore signed 2017-03-28 23:37:34 -0400
Debra Zeeb signed 2017-03-28 23:17:36 -0400

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Dani Rustem posted about this on Facebook 2017-03-28 23:11:30 -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
Danielle Rustem signed 2017-03-28 23:11:11 -0400
Timothy Bloomquist signed 2017-03-28 22:01:12 -0400
Angelo Leon signed 2017-03-28 21:58:55 -0400
Linda Liedel signed 2017-03-28 21:44:25 -0400

The more I find out about the Unbridle Line 5, the more I find it incredible that our state leaders are doing nothing to have this looming ecological disaster decommissioned.
Kathy Tuckerman signed 2017-03-28 21:35:09 -0400