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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, 71-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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  • Juweriyah Farah
    signed via 2025-03-10 23:10:34 -0400
  • Catherine Clifford
    signed 2025-03-10 16:21:58 -0400
  • Karen cooley
    signed 2025-03-09 15:54:30 -0400
  • Mckenzi waliczek
    signed via 2025-03-08 11:49:28 -0500
  • Avery Johnson
    signed via 2025-03-06 19:02:12 -0500
  • Gayle Bettega
    signed 2025-03-06 16:46:48 -0500
  • Laura Talaske
    signed 2025-03-06 12:03:03 -0500
  • Vicki Potter
    signed 2025-03-06 11:13:04 -0500
  • Abner Sage
    signed 2025-03-06 11:01:18 -0500
  • Liz Bell
    signed 2025-03-05 22:03:59 -0500
  • Nicole Flood-Green
    signed 2025-03-05 20:58:45 -0500
    Is there anything Canada or any of the other states that are part of the Great Lakes Compact can do to block the construction of this pipeline, not just for Michigan but for all the states that depend on the Great Lakes as a water source.
  • Charles Baber
    signed 2025-03-05 15:18:01 -0500
    We don’t need more oil spills in Michigan.
  • Cynthia Albarran
    signed 2025-03-05 14:36:14 -0500
  • Laura Avant
    signed 2025-03-05 14:05:37 -0500
    Keep doing the right thing for your state
  • Nancy Gallardo
    signed 2025-03-05 08:44:01 -0500
    There has been no reason to trust the word of a foreign company who’s track record of environmental destruction of American lands has caused so much stress and grief in communities across the country, Endbridge will not listen to the American citizens who have repeatedly said no to their lust for oil and profits, at the expense of waterways, lands, and natural habitats. No to the large corporate greed, no to Line #5.

    N. Gallardo
  • Jessica Rico
    signed 2025-03-04 22:40:29 -0500
  • Kathy Mason
    signed 2025-03-04 21:05:33 -0500
  • Jody Neely
    signed 2025-03-04 19:43:53 -0500
  • Jan Dembs
    signed 2025-03-04 13:39:28 -0500
    I am against this pipeline for various reasons. It was a devastating environmental concern. Should anything happen to the pipeline and we know that there is no way to protect the Great Lakes from a disaster. The Great Lakes are vital to Michigan and should not be put in jeopardy.
  • elin Bastianelli elin Bastianelli
    signed 2025-03-04 12:27:46 -0500
  • Levi Makula
    signed via 2025-03-04 11:03:18 -0500
  • Adrienne Smith
    signed 2025-03-04 06:56:33 -0500
  • Steve Dobbs
    signed 2025-03-03 17:12:14 -0500
  • Martin and Sharon McGladdery
    signed 2025-03-03 16:13:19 -0500
  • Art Hanson
    signed 2025-03-03 14:32:36 -0500
    However, you MUST do MUCH MORE. We MUST keep ALL Climate-Changing fossil fuels IN THE GROUND! We MUST achieve 100% Clean, Renewable Energy like Solar and Wind in electrical generation and transportation by 2030.
  • Autumn Bell
    signed 2025-03-03 11:42:37 -0500
  • April Letsinger
    signed 2025-03-03 01:21:37 -0500
  • James Kelley
    signed 2025-03-02 13:07:24 -0500
  • Blair Robbins
    signed 2025-03-02 12:14:27 -0500
  • Susan Wiltse
    signed 2025-03-02 12:04:50 -0500
    We DON’T need Line 5. We DO need more mass transit. Let’s see some action that benefits ALL of us, not just a VERY small group of VERY rich folks that want to pay less tax and make more $ at our expense. It’s time to take back our democracy and send the Putin penis kissers to Russia, or N Korea, etc….

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