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 37 times into Michigan's environment. Even when its oil isn't spilling into the water, it adds to our climate crisis when burned, 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 37 times and 2.3 million gallons.
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I guess we will find out very soon.
PLEASE SHUT DOWN LINE 5 ASAP !!!!!!!!
WE DO NOT NEED OR USE THIS OIL. PROHIBIT THE TUNNEL FROM EVER BEING BUILT IN MICHIGAN. The projected tunnel would only have been a convenient shortcut to move Canadian oil from west to east. However, the powerful, complex currents of the Mackinaw Straits are notorious for shifting and changing direction. This adds a built-in long-term stress and instability to any underwater structure in the area. Let Enbridge build its pipelines elsewhere.