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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 & Michigan’s Legislature:

An oil tunnel through the public bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac won’t protect the Great Lakes from a 645-mile long aging Line 5 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 to you 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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  • Paul Yarnell
    signed 2020-01-02 15:00:18 -0500
  • Carol Stanbury
    signed via 2020-01-02 14:27:07 -0500
  • Blair Davis
    signed via 2020-01-02 14:20:31 -0500
  • Elizabeth Rohs
    signed 2020-01-02 14:14:40 -0500
    Our water is in bad enough shape already we do not want to add oil to the mix.
  • Janet Leckrone
    signed via 2020-01-02 14:13:32 -0500
  • Debby Owen
    signed 2020-01-02 14:01:40 -0500
  • Diane Ochoa
    signed via 2020-01-02 13:54:13 -0500
    Diane Ochoa
  • Sharon Easterly
    signed via 2020-01-02 13:51:52 -0500
  • Robert Van Kolken
    signed 2020-01-02 13:45:44 -0500
    Dangers outway any questionably positive benifits.
  • Timothy Grey
    signed via 2020-01-02 13:40:48 -0500
    Timothy Grey
  • Claudette Snow-Schell
    signed via 2020-01-02 13:19:07 -0500
    Please protect our waters and jobs.
  • Craig Johnson
    signed 2020-01-02 13:03:11 -0500
  • Martha Schultz
    signed via 2020-01-02 13:03:03 -0500
    Martha Schultz
  • Edward Shalis
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:59:57 -0500
    Let us be true to our historical roots and live up to the pure Michigan standard for our waters.
  • Lena Thompson
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:56:27 -0500
    I just purchased 5 acres of beautiful white pine parcel & a house in Cheboygan. My fear is that my property will be worthless, if Line 5 breaks. I have a private well that could be contaminated. I live next to the Cheboygan River. Every day that line is running, we are gambling with 20% of the world’s fresh water. Why? For some Canadian Company that has spilled before, that has sickened and even killed people that lived near the Kzoo River, to transport the dirtiest oil on the planet thru Michigan for Canadian use? WTF???
  • Sharon Marchman
    signed 2020-01-02 12:50:57 -0500
  • Lucille Scotti
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:47:28 -0500
  • Ellen Rusten
    signed 2020-01-02 12:43:52 -0500
  • Roberta Wray
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:43:37 -0500
    The danger is too great not to take action.
  • Kathy Johnson
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:42:12 -0500
  • Kristi VanHaitsma
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:40:32 -0500
  • Jan Herrick
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:38:11 -0500
  • Tacie Draznin
    signed 2020-01-02 12:21:59 -0500
  • Yvonne Bonsall
    signed 2020-01-02 12:20:40 -0500
    There will be no going back if/when another oil spill happens with Enbridge. Once is one time too many, and there have been far more than one already with Enbridge. This company can not be trusted. Our lakes are not replaceable. We should learn from the past that Enbridge cares very little about our water, our communities and our people.
  • Ryan O'Neil
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:12:08 -0500
    Please protect the Great Lakes.
  • Marian Cruz
    signed 2020-01-02 12:10:06 -0500
  • Lynn McGovern
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:09:00 -0500
  • John Bedick
    signed 2020-01-02 12:08:35 -0500
  • Jackie Senske
    signed via 2020-01-02 12:06:55 -0500
  • Kristin Wildensee
    signed 2020-01-02 12:06:19 -0500

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

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