SIGN THE PETITION
This is how we make our government accountable to the people. We'll deliver your signature to tell Gov. Whitmer the will of the people is to #ShutDownLine5
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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DECOMMISSION LINE 5 NOW!
I moved here from Chicago 4 years ago to give my children a healthier environment in which to grow up. The Great Lakes are one of our most important natural resources, and the need to protect them is at the top of my list of concerns, not only for our generation, but particularly for that of our children and grandchildren.
My vote for you last fall was in part due to your commitment to remove Line 5 from the Straits of Mackinaw, and I spent a day in Lansing last November visiting legislators to oppose a tunnel.
Please use the power of your office to help protect the Great Lakes.
Thank you,
Cindy Kamp