BREAKING: Given Enbridge's failure act with "due care of a reasonable a prudent person for the safety and welfare of all persons and of all public and private property" provision of the easement, A JUDGE GRANTED A TEMPORARY RETRAINING ORDER TO SHUT DOWN LINE 5 in the Straits of Mackinac until further court orders. This order requires an urgent response from Gov. Whitmer.
Sean McBrearty, Oil & Water Don’t Mix campaign coordinator says, "Today’s decision by Ingham Circuit Court Judge James Jamo giving Enbridge 24 hours to halt transporting oil through Enbridge’s damaged Line 5 pipelines is a clear victory for the Great Lakes and should be followed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer taking action to revoke Enbridge’s 1953 easement agreement with the state.
"Revoking the easement has always been the right move to protect the Great Lakes from the urgent and immediate threat from Line 5, but the judge’s order specifically cites violations of the 1953 easement and agreements they made with the state in his decision. Jamo cites potential “irreparable harm” to the Great Lakes from Line 5. Clearly, there is urgency for Gov. Whitmer to take appropriate steps to revoke the easement and decommission Line 5. The judge’s conclusions on the facts and the law are a testament to Attorney General Nessel’s concerns that Enbridge is failing to exercise due care in its operation of the 67-year-old pipeline. Gov. Whitmer must act to ensure that the threat of Line 5 to the Great Lakes and Michigan’s economy ends and ends now."
"Revoking the easement has always been the right move to protect the Great Lakes from the urgent and immediate threat from Line 5, but the judge’s order specifically cites violations of the 1953 easement and agreements they made with the state in his decision." - Sean McBrearty, Oil & Water Don't Mix
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