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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, 73-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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  • Tim Lovell
    signed 2026-05-22 09:22:24 -0400
    Ask the decision-makers of this pipeline going forward, in whatever form it takes: Do you have your excuses in place for when it goes south (and it will) and does irreparable damage to our water? “My hands were legally tied. I was following the best available information. I felt it was for the greater public good. It was entirely the fault of Enbridge.” The legacy will be yours.
  • Julie Berberi
    signed 2026-05-22 09:14:48 -0400
  • margo wyse
    signed 2026-05-22 09:09:45 -0400
    Pipelines ALWAYS spill. STOP POLLUTTNG THIS PLANET FOR GREED!
  • Judith Hazelton
    signed 2026-05-22 08:56:34 -0400
    These pipelines already have a bad history of leaking & polluting the environment. What they really need is to be shutdown, contained, cleanly disposed of and clean, renewable energy used in its stead.
  • Margit Boronkay
    signed 2026-05-22 08:55:55 -0400
    We have to muster the courage & creativity to transition from oil to renewables. It took 13 years to transition from horse-and-buggy to the automotive era. It was tough, but it was doable & once rolling, inevitable. The same holds true here. Identify the innovators & empower them to lead us.
  • Greg Penzotti
    signed 2026-05-21 21:31:24 -0400
  • Cynthia M Dorie
    signed 2026-05-20 21:25:58 -0400
    Stop the Enbridge permits. PLEASE
  • Sandy Riccardi
    signed via 2026-05-17 11:46:49 -0400
  • Christen Johansen
    signed via 2026-05-17 08:05:41 -0400
  • Amy Brown
    signed 2026-05-16 17:09:28 -0400
    Michigan resources and environment is precious and needs to be protected. We have a responsibility to protect the environment for future generations to enjoy the beauty that is Michigan’s Great Lakes.
  • Monica Coutoumanos
    signed 2026-05-15 16:27:36 -0400
    The Great Lakes are priceless. There is no contest between putting them at risk and gas prices rising. We can fix our messed up economy – and NEED TO ANYWAY. We cannot fix the disaster of an oil leakage.
  • Keith Messingschlager
    signed via 2026-05-15 15:59:13 -0400
  • Donald Richardson
    signed via 2026-05-14 20:43:16 -0400
  • Catherine Silber
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  • Cynthia Hanson
    signed 2026-05-14 11:03:58 -0400
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    signed 2026-05-14 00:52:56 -0400
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  • Ridgely Trufant
    signed 2026-05-12 23:17:00 -0400
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    signed via 2026-05-12 21:42:38 -0400
  • Marge Wappler
    signed 2026-05-12 21:19:28 -0400
  • Anne Vaterlaus
    signed via 2026-05-12 09:22:08 -0400
  • Eliece Aiman
    signed via 2026-05-12 07:36:40 -0400
  • Laura rose
    signed via 2026-05-12 07:21:34 -0400
  • Laura Dooley
    signed via 2026-05-11 21:41:26 -0400
  • Kathleen pennington
    signed 2026-05-11 14:58:19 -0400
  • Ji Montgomery
    signed 2026-05-11 13:57:05 -0400
  • Zachariah Wahid
    signed via 2026-05-11 12:45:26 -0400
  • Tracy Stoll
    signed via 2026-05-11 10:37:14 -0400

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