Attorney General Bill Schuette Inaction On Line 5 TunnelGov. Snyder’s announcement to build an oil tunnel in the Mackinac Straits will leave Enbridge’s Line 5 right where it is, a threat to the Great Lakes. It’s a failure of leadership by the governor that is endorsed by Attorney General Bill Schuette.

We need to put pressure on our Attorney General now! Let him now we oppose the Snyder-Schuette-Enbridge oil tunnel that will take 10 years to build and keep Line 5 as a dangerous oil pipeline rupture threat.

 

There’s no time to waste. We can win this fight and save the Great Lakes! We are counting on you now to let Attorney General Bill Schuette know you want him to oppose the Enbridge oil tunnel. After you contact him, report your contact below!

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Talking Points:

  • This is not a solution for Michigan, but a solution for Enbridge to keep the Mackinac Straits at risk from their Line 5 oil pipelines and for Canada to get its oil processed using Michigan as a shortcut.
  • Line 5 faces multiple threats that will remain in place while a new Canadian tunnel is built through the Straits.
  • A worst-case scenario of a Mackinac Straits rupture would leak more than 2 million gallons of oil, contaminating 437 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, and cost $1.86 billion in damages, according to a study spearheaded by Professor Guy Meadows from Michigan Technological University.
  • This threat will remain in place for 7 to 10 years while an oil pipeline is constructed for Canada.
  • Even after a Line 5 oil tunnel is built, the oil pipeline will remain a permanent threat across its entire 645-mile length, putting more than 200 waterways at risk, including the storied AuSable River and watersheds that flow directly into Lake Michigan.
  • Fossil fuel is on its way out thanks to a rapid transition to cleaner energy sources. This tunnel will be a stranded asset when the cost of producing energy from fossil fuel becomes more expensive than from using renewables like wind and solar. In the near future, the State will be on the hook for a tunnel that is no longer financially feasible.

 

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  • Sydni Sexton
    endorsed 2018-10-29 15:49:40 -0400
  • Nancy Potter
    @nanjopo tweeted link to this page. 2018-10-25 19:01:37 -0400
    Tell AG Schuette to do his job and stop this crazy Canadian oil tunnel in the Great Lakes. https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/stop_the_tunnel_schuette?recruiter_id=63035
  • Nancy Potter
    endorsed 2018-10-25 19:01:14 -0400
    I tried calling twice but the calls were never answered but just continued ringing. I sent an email message though and believe that it was sent through.
  • Diane Jobson
    endorsed 2018-10-24 15:44:42 -0400
  • Laura Lyons
    endorsed 2018-10-21 11:04:51 -0400
    I emailed him
  • Brenda Rusch
    endorsed 2018-10-18 14:52:05 -0400
  • Amy Bourne
    endorsed 2018-10-18 08:24:32 -0400
    Yes, I emailed Schuette.
  • Alexandra Fahoome
    endorsed 2018-10-17 22:16:08 -0400
    Yes I just sent an email to Schuette urging him to NOT endorse this horrible project!!!
  • Renee Reynolds
    endorsed 2018-10-17 09:45:13 -0400
    Shut down line 5
  • Tim Housley
    endorsed 2018-10-16 16:32:16 -0400
  • Kim Diment
    endorsed 2018-10-15 08:01:09 -0400
    This was what I wrote:Dear Mr. schuette,

    An oil carrying tunnel for petroleum that for the most part, benefits the Canadians and some American big petroleum interests is still NOT a solution. The fact remains an oil bearing pipeline will still be going under one of the earths largest fresh water aquifers and 90percent of Americas fresh water supply.

    This is not in the interest of Americans and is a total raw deal for people in Michigan. I am a business owner that depends on " Pure Michigan", And also a Lake front Huron land owner. You have the ability to do the right thing for Michigan. Please do.


    Kim Diment

    www.kimdiment.com

    Riverworks Studios


    Grayling
  • Kim Diment
    endorsed 2018-10-15 08:01:08 -0400
    This was what I wrote:Dear Mr. schuette,

    An oil carrying tunnel for petroleum that for the most part, benefits the Canadians and some American big petroleum interests is still NOT a solution. The fact remains an oil bearing pipeline will still be going under one of the earths largest fresh water aquifers and 90percent of Americas fresh water supply.

    This is not in the interest of Americans and is a total raw deal for people in Michigan. I am a business owner that depends on " Pure Michigan", And also a Lake front Huron land owner. You have the ability to do the right thing for Michigan. Please do.


    Kim Diment

    www.kimdiment.com

    Riverworks Studios


    Grayling
  • Mary White
    endorsed 2018-10-14 20:48:25 -0400
    I sent an email to Schuette’s office opposing building the tunnel and urging shutting down Line 5
  • Robert Allen
    endorsed 2018-10-12 16:12:42 -0400
    How stupid can you be? We have to stop the tunnel!
  • Cheryl Sparks
    endorsed 2018-10-12 16:02:16 -0400
  • Julie Ortiz
    endorsed 2018-10-11 09:32:52 -0400
    They wanted me to hang up and email them with my questions. I told them I would rather speak to someone. No one was available and they said they would call back later.
  • Arthur Koss
    endorsed 2018-10-10 19:55:31 -0400
  • Walter Wojtowicz
    endorsed 2018-10-09 12:30:23 -0400
  • Chris Thatcher
    endorsed 2018-10-08 15:48:25 -0400
  • Judy Ellis
    endorsed 2018-10-08 15:05:59 -0400
    I contacted both Snyder and Schuette by email.
  • Cynthia Mead
    endorsed 2018-10-08 11:25:56 -0400
    Emailed, but I have no false hopes that this corporate shill will do the right thing.
  • Mark Contrucci
    endorsed 2018-10-08 11:10:52 -0400
  • Kaitlin Koshurba
    endorsed 2018-10-07 21:04:27 -0400
  • Lynn Hartung
    endorsed 2018-10-07 11:51:18 -0400
    sent email
  • Joyce Halstead
    endorsed 2018-10-07 10:35:15 -0400
    Yes I did.
  • Laurie Smith
    endorsed 2018-10-06 21:20:15 -0400
    I called the number that was listed (517) 373-1110, recorded message stating the system is unavailable. On October 5, 2018, I emailed Bill Schutte @ miag@ michigan.gov, I listed my objections to the Snyder- Schutte- Enbridge Oil Tunnel agenda.
  • Karha Schlappi
    endorsed 2018-10-06 07:41:03 -0400
  • Lisa Wilson
    endorsed 2018-10-05 17:29:58 -0400
    e-mail
  • Joy Frawley
    endorsed 2018-10-05 15:31:24 -0400
  • Jan Tervydis
    endorsed 2018-10-05 14:29:42 -0400
    Phone call and email.

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