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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.

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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  • Joe Buckmaster
    signed 2019-05-14 09:41:36 -0400
  • Alice Gibb
    signed via 2019-05-14 09:39:25 -0400
    I grew up on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan. We had a pipeline running on the property next to us and it was a constant concern. Should the Enbridge line burst as they have in other places, oil would be spewed through much of the Great Lakes system. That thought sickens me.
  • Cynthia Finke
    signed via 2019-05-14 09:38:03 -0400
  • Don Speer
    signed 2019-05-14 09:33:39 -0400
  • James Johnson
    signed 2019-05-14 09:31:20 -0400
  • Matt Stolle
    signed 2019-05-14 09:21:58 -0400
  • Steven Yankoviak
    signed 2019-05-14 09:14:19 -0400
  • Chris Irons
    signed 2019-05-14 09:01:41 -0400
  • Sarah Mills
    signed 2019-05-14 08:59:16 -0400
  • Rachelle Harper
    signed 2019-05-14 08:44:35 -0400
  • Matt Leismer
    signed 2019-05-14 08:41:41 -0400
  • John Sweeney
    signed 2019-05-14 08:34:23 -0400
    The stakes are too high. Enbridge does not have a track record synonymous with safety. They have had several accidents in the past. Shut down line 5. No tunnel.
  • Mary Armstrong
    signed 2019-05-14 08:31:49 -0400
  • Kate Bair
    signed 2019-05-14 08:20:26 -0400
  • Ruth Callahan
    signed 2019-05-14 08:16:27 -0400
    Keep our natural resources safe!
  • Deborah Tengler
    signed via 2019-05-14 08:01:04 -0400
  • Kristi Lloyd
    signed 2019-05-14 07:57:13 -0400
  • Nancy Jacobson
    signed via 2019-05-14 07:55:44 -0400
  • Dean Stahl
    signed via 2019-05-14 07:45:05 -0400
  • Harry Knapp
    signed 2019-05-14 07:45:03 -0400
    I agree with goal of this petition.
  • Sandra Langan
    signed 2019-05-14 07:44:58 -0400
  • John Brandmeier
    signed 2019-05-14 07:43:20 -0400
  • Kaaren Klingel
    signed 2019-05-14 07:35:49 -0400
  • Deb Nedeau
    signed 2019-05-14 07:34:26 -0400
  • Denise Marie
    signed via 2019-05-14 07:33:42 -0400
  • Scott Bradbury
    signed 2019-05-14 07:30:32 -0400
  • Carolyn Swift
    signed 2019-05-14 07:19:00 -0400
  • Donna Musser
    signed via 2019-05-14 07:17:52 -0400
  • doug maggert
    signed via 2019-05-14 07:14:12 -0400
  • Mary Heintzkill
    signed 2019-05-14 07:09:33 -0400
    I biked for gov Whitmer because of her promise to shut down this line. She will not have my vote next election if she waffles on this promise.

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