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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 & Secretary Buttigieg:

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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  • David Thompson
    signed 2025-01-08 12:21:32 -0500
    An oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac is a terrifying thought. Especially so when you realize that virtually none of this oil is destined for Michiganders. The position of Enbridge is preposterously wrong-headed, and it flies in the face of rational thinking. Please DO NOT let Enbridge push us around. This is critical issue for our grandchildren and far beyond.
  • Steven Shamrock
    signed 2025-01-08 11:24:12 -0500
  • Jim Quinn
    signed 2025-01-08 11:09:15 -0500
  • Cindy Klum
    signed via 2025-01-07 13:05:19 -0500
  • Natasha Kakish
    signed via 2025-01-07 08:38:10 -0500
  • Erin Dansevicus
    signed via 2025-01-07 08:07:48 -0500
  • Raegan Schultz
    signed via 2025-01-07 07:42:44 -0500
  • Michael Ruby
    signed via 2025-01-06 21:12:41 -0500
  • Nancy Broadwell
    signed via 2025-01-06 20:43:13 -0500
  • David Anderson
    signed via 2025-01-06 13:15:58 -0500
  • Janice Wheelock
    signed via 2025-01-06 08:48:03 -0500
    Our Great Lakes are too vital and precious to put in harms way.
  • Kim Gabriele
    signed 2025-01-05 13:30:56 -0500
  • Jimmie Lunsford
    signed 2025-01-04 11:05:06 -0500
  • Sarah LeRoy
    signed via 2025-01-03 16:17:09 -0500
  • Walter Fallows
    signed 2025-01-03 12:11:26 -0500
    And what is positive about this pipeline for Michigan, or the country?
  • James Nairne
    signed 2025-01-02 14:18:34 -0500
  • Patty McMillin
    signed 2025-01-02 10:44:09 -0500
    Water is life. Money is a concept. To risk the Great Lakes to save money is a ridiculous idea.
  • Glenn Goddard BS PhD PD ScM Col AF Ret 28 Yrs
    signed 2025-01-02 08:55:01 -0500
    VERITAS (1636)!!!
  • Catherine Peet
    signed 2025-01-01 13:24:40 -0500
  • Susan Mitruk
    signed 2024-12-30 13:09:02 -0500
  • Lori Bates
    signed 2024-12-30 10:55:14 -0500
  • Carrie Nelson
    signed 2024-12-30 10:00:14 -0500
  • David David Altmaier
    signed 2024-12-30 09:07:23 -0500
  • Nancy Shotwell
    signed 2024-12-29 22:07:20 -0500
    No oil tunnel under our Great Lakes!
  • Laurie Schnell
    signed 2024-12-29 18:49:57 -0500
  • Anne Hollaway
    signed 2024-12-29 15:02:53 -0500
    We need to rally on this matter, thank you everyone.
  • Beth Carr
    signed 2024-12-29 03:09:06 -0500
  • Monique Morse
    signed 2024-12-28 17:16:26 -0500
  • Stephen Smith
    signed 2024-12-27 18:14:29 -0500
  • Gerald Walsh
    signed 2024-12-27 12:00:40 -0500

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