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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 Enbridge has enlisted Canada to block action by Michigan’s governor to protect us from an outdated and dangerous oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.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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  • Rochelle Wolf
    signed 2021-01-24 09:43:18 -0500
  • Chris Krolczyk
    signed 2021-01-24 09:43:12 -0500
  • Alex Burkholder
    signed 2021-01-24 09:41:56 -0500
  • Douglas Simpson
    signed 2021-01-24 09:41:51 -0500
  • David Kunze
    signed 2021-01-24 09:41:14 -0500
  • Leonard Heether
    signed 2021-01-24 09:40:41 -0500
  • Trent Tomlinson
    signed 2021-01-24 09:38:33 -0500
    There are better ways to move this oil than through a 60-year-old pipe…
  • Ruth Reeser
    signed 2021-01-24 09:38:09 -0500
  • Charles Glowicki
    signed 2021-01-24 09:37:58 -0500
  • Allan Briesmaster
    signed 2021-01-24 09:37:43 -0500
  • Kris Nyquist
    signed 2021-01-24 09:35:18 -0500
  • Elena Wakeman
    signed 2021-01-24 09:34:53 -0500
    Congratulations, President Biden! I’m so thrilled you won. Just the promise of an honorable man making decisions to help America right now is more than enough to give me great optimism.

    May I ask for you to consider supporting Gov. Whitmer in protecting the Great Lakes from Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline? You know, Enbridge does not have America’s natural resources in mind when they want to move their oil for profit. Did you hear about the spill in Kalamazoo years back? It was caused by a failure of Enbridge. I am a wildlife rehabber (specializes in squirrels) and I was heartbroken to hear stories from my friends on the west side of Michigan who rushed to help the wildlife impacted. Then there also have been stories of the people who live along the river where the break happened, oil in their backyards and their home values plummeted.

    The Great Lakes are amazing. We have a cabin on Lake Huron (Oscoda, middle knuckle on your left hand index finger). We are already trying to get the Government to clean up the underground toxic plumes left by Wurtsmith AFB. Now the threat of the ancient Line 5 looms.

    You know that our natural resources cannot be “bought back.” They are priceless. We want them to be here for our grandchildren’s children. Please continue to make great decisions for America by adding your support to Whitmer’s decision to decommission Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straights of Mackinac.

    It may help if you visit the Michigan Governor’s summer home on Mackinac this summer and take a boat ride out there – even the Secret Service would have a good time. It is absolutely beautiful.

    Congratulations, again. So proud of you.

    Sincerely,

    Elena Wakeman
  • Donna Shumaker
    signed 2021-01-24 09:32:55 -0500
  • Mary Roth
    signed 2021-01-24 09:32:53 -0500
  • Tracey Snache
    signed 2021-01-24 09:31:41 -0500
  • Lori Nahdee
    signed 2021-01-24 09:31:05 -0500
  • Melanie Conran
    signed 2021-01-24 09:30:11 -0500
  • Jane Ralph
    signed 2021-01-24 09:29:45 -0500
  • Joe Bates
    signed 2021-01-24 09:29:34 -0500
    Enbridge continues operating on expired leases on the Bad River Reservation in Northern Wisconsin.
  • Carolyn Marsh
    signed 2021-01-24 09:28:06 -0500
  • William Rittenberg
    signed 2021-01-24 09:27:28 -0500
  • Susan Peters
    signed 2021-01-24 09:27:01 -0500
  • Kevin Kemps
    signed 2021-01-24 09:26:44 -0500
    The environment and especially Great Lakes water belong to all of us and our future generations. Preserve and protect the environment, shutdown Line 5.
  • Michael Harmon
    signed 2021-01-24 09:25:54 -0500
  • Robert Fairbanks
    signed 2021-01-24 09:25:01 -0500
  • Mary Staley
    signed 2021-01-24 09:24:03 -0500
    A rupture would affect every state, American and Canadian community on the Great Lakes. The possibility information needs to be spread far and wide and often.
  • Theresa Leonard
    signed 2021-01-24 09:24:00 -0500
  • Gary Rich
    signed via 2021-01-24 09:23:05 -0500
  • Elizabeth Duncan
    signed 2021-01-24 09:22:17 -0500
  • Kathie E Takush
    signed 2021-01-24 09:21:01 -0500

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