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President BidenIt's time for President Biden to revoke the presidential pipeline permit and shut down the Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline. An oil spill from this unnecessary pipeline in the Great Lakes threatens the drinking water of 40 million people. If it ever gets built, an oil tunnel in 10 years is not a solution to this urgent threat. He must act now to protect the Great Lakes from Enbridge's damaged, dangerous, old pipelines. Enbridge experts testified, and other independent reports attest that a pipeline shutdown would have little impact on energy prices.

Oil & Water Don't Mix is a respected coalition of citizens and non-profit environmental groups working to protect the Great Lakes and climate from the Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline. This petition will only share your name and state with the White House. We'll update you with infrequent emails - you can always opt out later. Your information is safe with us.

Dear President Biden,

I strongly urge you to take the following actions regarding the ongoing dispute over Enbridge Energy’s outdated and dangerous Line 5 pipeline, which threatens our Great Lakes and climate:

  • Revoke the presidential permit for the Line 5 pipeline - the presidential permit is predicated upon Enbridge’s compliance with their easement agreement with Michigan. Enbridge violated that easement from 1968 until Governor Whitmer revoked it in 2020.

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  • File supportive briefs in the appropriate court of jurisdiction, making it clear that Michigan has the authority to revoke the Line 5 easement and shut down the pipeline.
  • Prevent improper use of the 1977 Transit Pipeline Treaty with Canada - Canadian attempts to keep Line 5 operating by invoking the Treaty are ill-founded and disingenuous. The 4th article of the treaty allows the exact kind of conduct to protect the environment and public trust resources pursued by Governor Whitmer and the Bad River Band.
  • Follow the global commitment of COP28 to begin transitioning away from fossil fuels. Future generations are counting on you.

This administration must protect our water and start taking action on climate change. Please take these actions today.

Oil & Water Don't Mix is a respected coalition of citizens and non-profit environmental groups that have been working to protect the Great Lakes and climate from the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline. This petition will only share your name and state with the White House. We'll keep you up to date with infrequent emails - you can always opt-out later. Your information is safe with us.

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  • File supportive briefs in the appropriate court of jurisdiction, making it clear that Michigan has the authority to revoke the Line 5 easement and shut down the pipeline.
  • Prevent improper use of the 1977 Transit Pipeline Treaty with Canada - Canadian attempts to keep Line 5 operating by invoking the Treaty are ill-founded and disingenuous. The 4th article of the treaty allows the exact kind of conduct to protect the environment and public trust resources pursued by Governor Whitmer and the Bad River Band.
  • Follow the global commitment of COP28 to begin transitioning away from fossil fuels. Future generations are counting on you.

This administration has a duty to protect our water and start taking action on climate change. Please take these actions today.


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  • Dana Lowell
    signed 2022-01-16 08:12:43 -0500
  • Lillian Mahaney
    signed 2022-01-16 08:08:32 -0500
  • Jennifer Anderson
    signed 2022-01-16 08:06:01 -0500
  • Sandra Linabury
    signed 2022-01-16 07:59:43 -0500
  • Kelly Orringer
    signed 2022-01-16 07:53:16 -0500
  • Elizabeth Weamer
    signed 2022-01-16 07:45:32 -0500
    Water will be fought over in years to come. The Great Lakes may end up being this country’s most precious resource. And yet we are willing to take a gamble on it with a destructive resource (oil) whose time is coming to an end, anyway? It makes no fucking sense.
  • Pat Kerr
    signed 2022-01-16 07:44:22 -0500
  • Janet Wishnetsky
    signed 2022-01-16 07:43:16 -0500
  • Donald Priest
    signed 2022-01-16 07:42:04 -0500
  • Julia Oconnor
    signed 2022-01-16 07:41:32 -0500
    Enbridge is responsible for the largest oil spill on land which occurred near Kalamazoo, MI. At that time the stench was awful and to this day the problems are not all mitigated. If it had occurred in water it would have spread unimaginably farther. This is certainly a serious potential problem and cannot be allowed to continue until there is a spill.
  • Mark Kennedy
    signed 2022-01-16 07:32:58 -0500
  • Jeannette Faber
    signed 2022-01-16 07:32:51 -0500
  • Rebecca Finley
    signed 2022-01-16 07:31:08 -0500
  • Fran Whitman
    signed 2022-01-16 07:30:32 -0500
  • Shannon Tausch
    signed 2022-01-16 07:26:36 -0500
  • Mark Johnsen
    signed 2022-01-16 07:25:15 -0500
    Line 5 is a probable disaster and must be addressed immediately!
  • Carolyn Francis
    signed 2022-01-16 07:21:13 -0500
  • David Moore
    signed 2022-01-16 07:19:53 -0500
  • Timothy Kumar
    signed 2022-01-16 07:18:59 -0500
  • Glenn Cassel
    signed 2022-01-16 07:15:58 -0500
  • Nicole Ruiz
    signed 2022-01-16 07:06:57 -0500
  • Terri DeFilippo
    signed 2022-01-16 07:06:06 -0500
  • Ryan Jackson
    signed 2022-01-16 06:57:08 -0500
  • Betsy Willey
    signed 2022-01-16 06:55:04 -0500
  • Nancy Warszawski
    signed 2022-01-16 06:49:48 -0500
  • David Williams
    signed 2022-01-16 06:49:10 -0500
  • Susan Sillars
    signed 2022-01-16 06:39:11 -0500
  • Martin Horsford
    signed 2022-01-16 06:27:32 -0500
    Line 5 has had its day; it is now beyond its safe to use date, despite ‘adjusted’ reporting. What with climate change and carbon downgrading it is time any new form of a Straits crossing for utilities beyond cables, is unacceptable and must be prevented, with funding now redirected into accelerating renewable and sustainable programmes
  • Melissa Tomlinson
    signed 2022-01-16 06:26:32 -0500
  • Antonia Grinnan
    signed 2022-01-16 06:25:26 -0500

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