No Oil Tunnel Petition

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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.

Sign 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 33 times into Michigan's environment. Even when its oil isn't spilling into the water, it adds to our climate crisis when burned by 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 33 times and 1.1 million gallons.

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Anne Flanagan signed 2020-05-08 13:50:43 -0400

Anne Flanagan
Edwin Ortiz Reyes signed 2020-05-08 13:34:33 -0400

Line 5 is danger to the straights of Mackinac, the state of Michigan, and the Great Lakes region as a whole. We should be making efforts to move off fossil fuels and towards greener energy sources, and investing millions of dollars on a risky and under-maintained pipeline is not a step in the right direction. A spill in this region would be of extreme severity and would have adverse environmental effects that would last a generation. On top of all this, the bogus argument used by Enbridge to justify the building what can only be described as a whole new pipeline is weak and relies on the upholding of permits granted over half a century ago. The state of Michigan, and every Great Lakes state has a vested interest in protecting the straights of Mackinac and doing everything possible to shut down Line 5. In the interest of the environment, the region, and the people of Michigan and the Great Lakes as a whole, we must do all we can to shut down Line 5. At the very least Enbridge should have to make their case in a full and transparent way as to why this new tunnel and pipeline are needed and how they will benefit the people of Michigan. The state and local advocates should have the opportunity to closely review all the documentation related to this new project and make an informed decision as to what is best for their state. Enbridge does not have the right to ram this tunnel down the throats of Michiganders without proper vetting and time for dialogue and to study the possible environmental consequences. The people of Michigan deserve better and to have their voices heard.
Hester Hemmerling signed 2020-05-08 11:07:31 -0400

we can live without oil. We cannot live without water. Neither can the millions of fish, plants, aquatic birds, migratory birds, and many other animals whose lives depend on the water in these lakes. NO OIL TUNNEL!
Alison Paton signed 2020-05-07 09:02:37 -0400
Sarah Gray signed 2020-05-05 17:50:02 -0400
K. Feilmeyer signed 2020-05-05 12:54:13 -0400
Lydiah Jerome signed 2020-05-04 12:39:43 -0400
Shari Thompson signed 2020-05-04 11:42:24 -0400

Let’s be sensitive, smart and mindful in this decision. No pipeline for us! Technology for use of wind, thermal and rail are safe possible alternatives . I want our grandchildren to swim and drink fresh crystal clean water. A spill will devastate our Great Lakes!
Darrin Brandt signed 2020-05-03 22:44:44 -0400
Loni Maki signed 2020-05-01 20:24:53 -0400
Noah Pearlman signed 2020-05-01 12:33:19 -0400
Gitanjali Hursh signed 2020-05-01 01:09:58 -0400
Cynthia Nielsen signed 2020-04-30 21:38:32 -0400

This is a disaster waiting to happen! SHUT IT DOWN NOW!

Please, Governor Whitner, shut down all operations regarding line 5 forever!
Robert Thaden signed 2020-04-30 16:51:24 -0400
James White signed 2020-04-30 13:51:36 -0400
Dorothy Frisch signed 2020-04-30 13:15:45 -0400
Frank Zinn signed 2020-04-30 12:06:02 -0400

We suffered through the Marshall spill. The ground is still contaminated.
Gail Sweany signed 2020-04-30 11:19:16 -0400
Elizabeth McLean signed via For Love Of Water 2020-04-29 17:56:23 -0400
Willia Scharf signed 2020-04-29 16:44:55 -0400
Pamela Perry signed 2020-04-29 11:46:21 -0400

Do what you know is the right thing to keep our Great lake safe. We need to think of the future!
Hunter Torolski signed 2020-04-28 19:42:58 -0400
Margaret Scheffer signed 2020-04-28 18:55:32 -0400
Mary Hoffman signed via Suzanne Lossing 2020-04-27 09:35:26 -0400

For our Earth and climate
Holly Spaman signed 2020-04-27 00:43:42 -0400
Denise Smith signed via Suzanne Lossing 2020-04-26 21:32:47 -0400

Decommission the line before it’s too late
Chad Swenson signed via Patagonia 2020-04-26 21:20:15 -0400
Charles King signed 2020-04-25 14:40:13 -0400

Charles King
Katy Noel signed 2020-04-23 18:26:51 -0400

Originally a resident of Michigan. Let’s keep her beautiful and wild!
David Borcean signed 2020-04-23 01:52:32 -0400

David Borcean

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