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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Enbridge has a very poor record of trashing our only world. But that company is in business to make as much money as possible. If Enbridge was a person, that person would be considered a sociopath with no regard for the well-being of others. The people who work for Enbridge are being PAID to try to convince us that Line 5 just couldn’t possibly break down and that we NEED a tunnel. Well, Line 5 could rupture and we do not NEED a tunnel. We do need clean air and unpolluted water to sustain life on this planet. Humans are not above the laws of nature.
You all have been elected to serve your constituents, not to serve a giant corporation. Please do your job! Thank you.
Water is life. Our fresh water is more important than oil everyday. Cap line 5 & keep Enbridge out of Michigan forever.