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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I strongly urge you to take the following actions regarding the ongoing dispute over Enbridge Energy’s outdated and dangerous Line 5 pipeline, which threatens our Great Lakes and climate: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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  • Erin Kelly
    signed 2023-01-05 19:46:59 -0500
  • Taryn Indish
    signed 2023-01-03 15:56:49 -0500
  • Jennifer Kelly
    signed 2023-01-03 09:06:11 -0500
  • Susan Olguin
    signed 2022-12-31 21:05:46 -0500
    Protect all life over corporate greed! Millions of Americans drinking water comes from the Great Lakes besides all the natural life that depends on our beautiful freshwater. It is beyond the time when it should of been shut down. Shut it down now, please, Protect The Great Lakes!
  • Barbara England
    signed 2022-12-31 12:20:23 -0500
    Listen already!
  • Geoff Skews
    signed 2022-12-30 21:23:17 -0500
  • Bonnie Santucci
    signed 2022-12-30 13:12:07 -0500
  • Jean Deferbrache
    signed 2022-12-30 12:57:22 -0500
  • Jennifer Barst
    signed 2022-12-29 10:59:05 -0500
  • Brett Heiden
    signed 2022-12-29 09:48:12 -0500
    Large corporations break the law all the time and get away with it . They simply pay an unreasonably small fine and continue on with what they’re doing. Just look up how time’s Enbridge has been fined! Enbridge doesn’t care about the safety of its pipelines or the disaster caused when they rupture and spill. The court system has proven over and over that fines won’t stop Enbridge from breaking the law, so it’s our job to stop them! We can all start by saying NO TO LINE 5!
  • Michelle Ray
    signed 2022-12-28 15:59:06 -0500
  • Margaret Pierson
    signed 2022-12-25 21:55:27 -0500
  • Kelly Wilson
    signed 2022-12-20 10:15:34 -0500
    Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen.
  • Wendy Buhr
    signed 2022-12-18 10:18:34 -0500
  • Kenneth Mines
    signed 2022-12-17 19:57:57 -0500
    This truly needs to be done we can do this in small baby step but we need to save the ocean and all the animals and the marine life
  • Naomi Sacks
    signed 2022-12-17 18:23:44 -0500
    Oil is not the way of the future. Please protect our future and stop the construction of the pipeline.
  • Victoria Salter
    signed 2022-12-17 18:04:07 -0500
  • Mark Juergens
    signed 2022-12-17 10:46:19 -0500
    there is no planet “B” this is our only time to stop this.
  • Linnea Sorensen
    signed 2022-12-16 16:11:49 -0500
  • William Gerrish
    signed 2022-12-14 21:49:03 -0500
  • Gary Cozette
    signed 2022-12-14 12:10:31 -0500
    Line 5 is a clear and present danger to the clean drinking water and the economic livelihoods of 100s of 1,000s of people on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Please demand the Canadian Government and Enbridge INC to immediately cease operations of this fossil fueled danger to the Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5 before it shuts down the drinking water and local economies of Michigan, Wisconsin, and southern Canada.
  • Cecelia Beal
    signed 2022-12-12 03:05:34 -0500
    President Biden, 40 million people depend on this water to drink, cook, and bathe in. Please address this urgent matter now 12/12/2022. I signed this same petition over one year ago. NOTHING has been started or finilized. Enbridge are not following the law.. Gov. Whitney ordered the shut down. Enridge shrugs off the order. It is beyond reason that you are allowing this to continue. No one is even trying to adhere to our countries Laws. Lawyers argue an issue by shouting and wasting billions of dollars while we little people who vote have to live with the knowledge that we will suffer. We will have to clean up the mess that will happen. You know It and all the voters know this. Nothing is getting done ever! It is argue and fight and be given lots of money and perks for turning a blind eye to the abuse of our one last clean water source. Mr. Biden, you wanted to be President. We voted you into office. It is your turn to do what is needed! Clean water should be at the top of your list of things to save, not clean up after an accident! The E P A

    has lost any power it ever had to stop rather than clean and rescue. You have wanted this title for 40+ years. Please leave something powerful behind. Save our clean water. Line 5 could rupture at any moment. This issue affects too many people to ignore. Enbridge is ignoring Michigan’s governor’s order to stop pumping oil through a 73 year old pipe which has been declared unsafe. Please, before a very costly disaster! Thank you Cecelia Beal
  • Jeanne Loveless
    signed 2022-12-11 12:05:13 -0500
    This issue is urgent and should be addressed immediately.
  • Marcie Terwilliger
    signed 2022-12-11 11:32:23 -0500
    Way past time to cut reliance on toxins. More aggressive action needed NOW.
  • James Campbell
    signed 2022-12-10 10:36:41 -0500
  • Fiona Carroll
    signed 2022-12-10 01:27:12 -0500
    Anything that can be done to better our earth that is being destroyed, SHOULD BE DONE.
  • Barbara Brandom
    signed via 2022-12-09 23:17:00 -0500
    Revoke the permit for the Line 5 pipeline. This pipline is too much a threat to drinking water for too many people. And more fossil fuel infrastructure will accelerate the climate crisis.
  • Barbara Kane
    signed 2022-12-09 22:45:39 -0500
    Oil and water do NOT mix. Protect our Great Lakes!
  • John Dunn
    signed 2022-12-09 22:04:57 -0500
  • Mary Horn
    signed 2022-12-09 18:37:48 -0500

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