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Building a tunnel for Enbridge Line 5 through the Straits of Mackinac is not a solution to protect the Great Lakes, 400 other water bodies, including Lake Michigan, or our dangerously overheating climate.

Oil BurnSign to protect the Great Lakes from *another Line 5 oil spill

Dear Gov. Whitmer:

An oil tunnel through the public bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac won’t protect the Great Lakes from a 645-mile long, 73-year-old Line 5 crude oil pipeline that has leaked at least 37 times into Michigan's environment. Even when its oil isn't spilling into the water, it adds to our climate crisis when burned, spilling carbon into the atmosphere every day. The time to end the threat of a catastrophic oil pipeline rupture is now. Instead of leaving a vulnerable and hazardous oil pipeline operating in the Mackinac Straits for years while trusting a dishonest Enbridge to protect the Great Lakes, I support your action to revoke the Line 5 easement and urge you to prevent an oil tunnel from being constructed.

* Yes, Enbridge Line 5 has already spilled 37 times and 2.3 million gallons.

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  • Aurora Meeg-Rasmussen
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  • Georgia Stauffer
    signed 2026-09-11 22:39:55 -0400
  • Mary Goretti Germain
    signed 2026-09-11 15:07:39 -0400
    Discharge of wastewater and pollutants into the fresh water should not be allowed by Enbridge under any circumstances
  • Bethany Williams
    signed via 2026-09-11 06:43:34 -0400
  • mia goddard
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  • Tracy Cole
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  • Billie Knight
    signed 2026-09-10 18:46:33 -0400
  • Ruth Paquin
    signed 2026-09-10 18:32:06 -0400
    I’ve lived 72 years a mile from line 5 running under the straits of Mackinac. The risk is too great to the Great lakes and the state of Michigan if a spill ever occurs. Enbridge has other land routes to get their product back into Canada. Also the sludge from drilling the tunnel is predicted to be discharged back into the lake. What happens to the lake before the sludge settles? Many residents draw their drinking water from the lake. Fish cannot survive murky water. As it is, the great lakes are fighting against the Asian carp, zebra mussels, gypsy moths, Japanese beatles, and many more. History has proven indigenous natives lived in the straits area when there was only a river and before the lakes joined. How many artifacts will be destroyed? Most construction sites have dug up native remains for many years. If line 5 must be built I hope the state and federal governments will demand a multi billion dollar bond to cover any damage or pollution.
  • Lori Stefano
    signed 2026-09-10 18:08:29 -0400
  • Ximena Renteria
    signed via 2026-09-10 16:45:19 -0400
  • Christine Bond
    signed via 2026-09-10 15:27:02 -0400
  • James Carnes
    signed 2026-09-10 15:19:16 -0400
  • Karen DeGrendel
    signed 2026-09-10 15:05:13 -0400
    Thank YOU for helping preserve our fresh water.


    Karen A. DeGrendel

IMAGE of Mighty Mac & Blue Ice courtesy of Rachel Kramer via Flickr

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