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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 & 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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  • Shelby Dement
    signed 2020-12-11 11:13:45 -0500
  • Jan Marcusson
    signed 2020-12-11 09:52:47 -0500
  • Tom Mountz
    signed 2020-12-10 21:08:56 -0500
  • Pamela Allard
    signed 2020-12-10 19:55:43 -0500
  • Elizabeth Goodenough
    signed 2020-12-10 16:36:57 -0500
  • Jeff Trainer
    signed 2020-12-10 16:30:23 -0500
  • Betty Cowley
    signed 2020-12-10 16:23:02 -0500
    We must switch from fossil fuel to solar and wind energy ASAP. Consumer Energy needs to be more concerned about saving the planet than increasing profits. Start by shutting down oil pipelines in Great Lakes.
  • Stan Holakowski
    signed 2020-12-08 16:18:39 -0500
    This line is not necessary, it benefits Canada more then Michigan, relocate it thru Canadian Right of way
  • Douglas Schmitt
    signed via 2020-12-06 23:25:51 -0500
    Rewards not worth the risks
  • Marjorie Horton
    signed 2020-12-06 19:32:39 -0500
  • Linda Holsapple
    signed 2020-12-06 17:56:32 -0500
    Shut down these pipes that threaten our pristine water!!!
  • Charlene Griffin
    signed 2020-12-05 21:10:29 -0500
    Enbridge is responsible for 33 oil leaks already! A pipeline will not protect our Great Lakes and we cannot trust their future to this company.
  • Beatrice Harris
    signed 2020-12-03 12:29:49 -0500
  • Karen B Guetzko
    signed 2020-12-03 09:37:18 -0500
  • Mary Kreiter
    signed 2020-12-03 09:22:25 -0500
    We had one terrible oil spill by Enbridge that went on for hours as the workers in Texas were afraid to shut down the line when they heard the warning signals. A million gallons of tar sand oil went into Talmadge Creek and then into the Kalamazoo River. The largest land spill in history!
  • Susan Pohlad
    signed via 2020-12-02 21:30:53 -0500
  • Joseph Manas
    signed 2020-12-02 20:35:43 -0500
    Jose Garcia Manas
  • Tammie Stimac
    signed 2020-12-02 15:39:35 -0500
  • Kathryn Coon
    signed 2020-12-02 15:39:19 -0500
  • Gwynne Daugherty
    signed 2020-12-02 15:36:31 -0500
    Gwynne Daugherty
  • Keri Tomlo
    signed 2020-12-02 13:11:17 -0500
    Keri L Tomlo
  • Bruce Knapp
    signed 2020-12-02 12:58:31 -0500
  • Cynthia Amann-Hass
    signed 2020-12-02 12:47:06 -0500
    Cynthia Hass
  • Sharon Little
    signed 2020-12-02 11:35:26 -0500
  • William Ostler
    signed 2020-12-02 10:13:08 -0500
    Thank you, Governor Whitmer. With the currents at the Straits moving east and west, oil leaked or spilled would be impossible to capture and would pollute the Great Lakes. We are headed for a “green” economy and environment so any benefits for our State from oil is negligible anyway. Enbridge only cares about its stock holders and making money it would seem.
  • Bryan Shores
    signed via 2020-12-01 16:22:33 -0500
    Keep the Great Lakes GREAT!!!!!!!!! Let’s find a long tern sustainable solution for OUR greatest assets vs short term gains for corporations!
  • Judith Richman
    signed 2020-11-30 22:28:42 -0500
  • Catherine Keitz
    signed 2020-11-30 22:20:57 -0500
  • Mary Flynn
    signed 2020-11-30 20:15:47 -0500
    It’s a damn shame we cant even enjoy our beautiful great lakes when you have greedy corporate people that wants to turn the lakes into sludge… HANDS OFF OUR LAKES!!!!!
  • John Holt Condon
    signed 2020-11-30 17:00:51 -0500

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