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Sign the Petition to ask President Biden to protect the Great Lakes and climate from the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline.

Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline threatens the Great Lakes and surrounding states. Enbridge has enlisted Canada to block action by Michigan’s governor to protect us from an outdated and dangerous oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. The imminent danger of an oil spill is clear after the ongoing oil pipeline spill in the Pacific Ocean.

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Please sign the petition asking President Biden to support Gov. Whitmer’s action to decommission the Line 5 oil pipeline before it ruptures.

Dear President Biden:

We are reaching out to share with you our support for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to protect the Great Lakes by acting to decommission Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac.

These 68-year-old pipelines present a clear and present danger to the Great Lakes. The twin pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac that put 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water and the region’s economy at risk should never have been allowed to be there and in fact, were never subject to modern-day environmental laws and reviews.

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The State of Michigan, as owner and trustee, has a legal responsibility to manage the public-owned bottomlands where Line 5 is located and protect the Great Lakes. Line 5 has spilled at least 33 times and 1.1 million gallons of oil along its length since 1968. Under the best of circumstances, only 30% of a spill in the Straits of Mackinac would be recovered. 1.5 million jobs and $62 billion in wages are directly connected to the Great Lakes. A pipeline rupture could impact up to 400 miles of shoreline

Enbridge’s ongoing and incurable violations of its 1953 easement with the state prompted Gov. Whitmer to revoke the easement to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill. Gov. Whitmer has ordered the removal of these dangerous pipelines by May 2021, but Enbridge, a Canadian-based oil transport giant, is attempting to delay and ultimately defeat the governor’s actions.

At the heart of this dispute is the sovereign authority and title of U.S. states to protect their water resources for the benefit of their citizens under the perpetual public trust and equal footing doctrines.

Your work to make America the world’s “clean energy superpower” and protecting world-class natural and economic resources like the Great Lakes has tremendous support in the Great Lakes State of Michigan. We urge you to support Gov. Whitmer’s action on the Line 5 pipelines.

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The State of Michigan, as owner and trustee, has a legal responsibility to manage the public-owned bottomlands where Line 5 is located and protect the Great Lakes. Line 5 has spilled at least 33 times and 1.1 million gallons of oil along its length since 1968. Under the best of circumstances, only 30% of a spill in the Straits of Mackinac would be recovered. 1.5 million jobs and $62 billion in wages are directly connected to the Great Lakes. A pipeline rupture could impact up to 400 miles of shoreline

Enbridge’s ongoing and incurable violations of its 1953 easement with the state prompted Gov. Whitmer to revoke the easement to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill. Gov. Whitmer has ordered the removal of these dangerous pipelines by May 2021, but Enbridge, a Canadian-based oil transport giant, is attempting to delay and ultimately defeat the governor’s actions.

At the heart of this dispute is the sovereign authority and title of U.S. states to protect their water resources for the benefit of their citizens under the perpetual public trust and equal footing doctrines.

Your work to make America the world’s “clean energy superpower” and protecting world-class natural and economic resources like the Great Lakes has tremendous support in the Great Lakes State of Michigan. We urge you to support Gov. Whitmer’s action on the Line 5 pipelines.

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  • Ryan Clark
    signed 2021-01-24 10:37:12 -0500
  • Suzanne Pellar
    signed 2021-01-24 10:34:54 -0500
  • Petra Daher
    signed 2021-01-24 10:34:46 -0500
    Please help Michigan protect the Great Lakes and enforce the end of Line 5. We can’t support Enbridge Line 5 it’s dangerous and our water is a precious resource.
  • Ann Gainey
    signed 2021-01-24 10:34:25 -0500
    Why should Canada have any authority over US land? It shouldn’t.
  • Bob Vance
    signed 2021-01-24 10:33:44 -0500
  • Michelle Christensen
    signed 2021-01-24 10:33:22 -0500
  • Danielle Leyshon
    signed 2021-01-24 10:32:47 -0500
  • Christopher Tack
    signed 2021-01-24 10:32:37 -0500
  • Doris Feys
    signed 2021-01-24 10:31:00 -0500
    I have lived in Michigan for all my life. We have a sacred duty to protect the Great Lakes.
  • C Rudolph
    signed 2021-01-24 10:30:57 -0500
  • Eileen Thorp
    signed 2021-01-24 10:27:24 -0500
    Please help us shut down the fossil fuel industry to keep 20% of the worlds fresh water from a disastrous spill. Our Great Lakes need your voice. Thank you.
  • Jason Moritz
    signed 2021-01-24 10:25:43 -0500
  • Laurie VanHorn
    signed 2021-01-24 10:25:27 -0500
    Please support us in shutting them down, before a spill happens that is irreparable to our fresh water. Thank you.
  • Abby Shepard
    signed 2021-01-24 10:25:06 -0500
  • Kathleen Carey
    signed 2021-01-24 10:20:40 -0500
  • Cindy Ingersoll
    signed 2021-01-24 10:20:17 -0500
  • Monica Knowles
    signed 2021-01-24 10:19:54 -0500
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  • Timothy Dutzy
    signed 2021-01-24 10:17:56 -0500
  • Nancy Snell
    signed 2021-01-24 10:17:56 -0500
  • Mary Boonstra
    signed 2021-01-24 10:13:49 -0500
  • John Olson
    signed 2021-01-24 10:13:45 -0500
    This is Michigans and all states surrounding the Great Lakes our most precious Resource. If this pipeline ruptured I hate to think of the millions of people that would lose their health and living. John Olson
  • Alexandra Cara
    signed 2021-01-24 10:13:35 -0500
  • Mary Christian
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  • John Hunter
    signed via 2021-01-24 10:13:08 -0500
  • Lesley Pritchard
    signed 2021-01-24 10:11:52 -0500
    Thank you for protecting our environment and the planet and for shutting down the Keystone/XL Black Snake. Like the black snake, Enbridge Line 5 is an unacceptable risk to our precious Great Lakes and to the sovereignty of the State of MIchigan. Line 5 provides minimal benefit to the people of Michigan and – like Keystone/XL – it serves the interests and profits of Canada NOT the United States.
  • Lyda Stillwell
    signed 2021-01-24 10:10:15 -0500
  • Patricia Serafini
    signed 2021-01-24 10:09:58 -0500
    President Biden, I’m SO thrilled you are our President!! I’ve lived in Michigan all my life. Our Great Lakes need to be protected and kept clean! Please help us keep our Great Lakes healthy!

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