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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 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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  • Jessica Herr
    signed 2026-06-30 10:48:50 -0400
    Michigan’s resources are finite and should be PROTECTED. The people of MICHIGAN DEMAND that the oil tunnel be halted. This is the only responsible thing to be done. You MUST act responsibility on behalf of the people paying taxes in Michigan and protect FUTURE generations. The wildlife in the GREAT Lakes Region depend on our responsible behavior for survival.
  • Laura Michalec
    signed via 2026-06-30 09:51:53 -0400
  • Zach Kenyon
    signed via 2026-06-30 09:40:40 -0400
  • Julie Kenyon
    signed via 2026-06-30 09:39:05 -0400
  • Stacy Lauwers
    signed 2026-06-30 09:09:17 -0400
    Please no, this is kind of Trumpy.
  • Adina Shecter
    signed via 2026-06-30 09:00:47 -0400
    Protect the Great Lakes and Michiganders!
  • Lisa Stevens
    signed 2026-06-30 08:58:39 -0400
    I spent the first 18 years of my life calling Michigan home and still return several times a year, specifically to spend time in and around the Great Lakes. The beauty and serenity of these public spaces is unmatched. The Great Lakes are the lifeblood of the state of Michigan and I hope you will agree that we cannot continue to let oil companies put that at risk.
  • Linda Cook
    signed via 2026-06-30 08:44:26 -0400
    It is not necessary to build this encasement tunnel. It is dangerous to our Great Lakes if built and yes dangerous now. Shut it down! We/I love the beauty and immenseness of these largest bodies of water that are the source of what makes surrounding states and provinces the beautiful areas to behold. We need them to be protected to the fullest.

    OIL&WATER DONT MIX!!
  • Anne Hamberg
    signed 2026-06-30 08:42:04 -0400
  • Jaclyn Millichamp
    signed 2026-06-30 08:41:55 -0400
  • Kathleen Ruff
    signed 2026-06-30 08:41:08 -0400
    Stop line 5
  • Jennifer Eller
    signed via 2026-06-30 08:35:21 -0400
  • Hannah Richards
    signed via 2026-06-30 08:31:14 -0400
  • C M
    signed via 2026-06-30 08:27:46 -0400
  • Chloe Weigel
    signed 2026-06-30 07:56:32 -0400
  • Kelly Bosier
    signed via 2026-06-30 07:27:37 -0400
  • Valerie Walencik
    signed via 2026-06-30 07:19:20 -0400
  • Nada Mawri
    signed via 2026-06-30 06:34:10 -0400
  • Audrey Smith
    signed 2026-06-30 01:34:19 -0400
    This is an outrage for the American people. The government should never be in support of mass pollution in the Great Lakes. Extremely disappointed in the administration for their support in the project.
  • Megan Watt
    signed 2026-06-30 01:15:04 -0400
  • Laura Strickling
    signed via 2026-06-30 01:07:30 -0400
  • Bre Baker
    signed via 2026-06-30 00:39:18 -0400
  • Julia Boyd
    signed 2026-06-29 23:12:27 -0400
  • Lia Burks
    signed 2026-06-29 23:01:02 -0400
    We don’t want it, it’s too great a threat to the Great Lakes. The Lakes are far too precious on so many levels to endanger for GREED.
  • Charlotte Giordano
    signed via 2026-06-29 22:24:59 -0400
  • John Bradsher
    signed 2026-06-29 21:35:01 -0400
  • Kass Wesaw
    signed via 2026-06-29 21:28:08 -0400
    The construction of the oil tunnel is solely driven by the profit motives of the oil company, disregarding the well-being of the people and the environment. People refer to Lake Michigan as a “young man’s dream,”and it’s much more than that. The Great Lakes are a unique, precious, and unparalleled wonder of the world that deserves protection. Enbridge’s motives are clearly that of exploitation, seeking to deplete the resources of the Great Lakes while causing irreparable damage that will forever alter their natural state. It is imperative that we halt the construction of the tunnel and prioritize the interests of the people over the insatiable greed of a single company.


    “It is also vandalism wantonly to destroy or to permit the destruction of what is beautiful in nature, whether it be a cliff, a forest, or a species of mammal or bird. Here in the United States we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping-grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy forests, and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals — not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at last it looks as if our people were awakening” -President Theodore Roosevelt
  • Brianne Ferrari
    signed 2026-06-29 21:28:07 -0400
    Please save our Great Lakes! You have already put a bad taste in my mouth with the data centers. Don’t destroy Michigan. The state you claim to love! This is a way to prove it.
  • Amanda Dedic
    signed 2026-06-29 20:35:01 -0400
  • Aimee Miller
    signed 2026-06-29 20:28:57 -0400

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