Tell Secretary Buttigieg: Shut Down America’s Most Dangerous Pipeline

After Enbridge caused a massive rupture in its Michigan oil pipeline along the Kalamazoo River, the federal government took the Canadian oil giant to court to safeguard us from another disastrous spill, including the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes. Fourteen years and more than $60 million in civil penalties against Enbridge later, we still can’t count on the courts to protect us. Enbridge’s Line 5 in the turbulent Straits of Mackinac is America’s most dangerous oil pipeline–one that we recently learned is plagued with dangerous cracks.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has ultimate authority over oil pipeline safety. He and his family live in northern Michigan near the Great Lakes.  Secretary Buttigieg knows and loves his home and our waters and has it within his power to protect them. The Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is under his jurisdiction and can shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. It’s past time for Secretary Buttigieg to end the Line 5 threat to the Great Lakes.  

As we rally across Canada, Michigan, and Wisconsin this week on the July 25 North America Pipeline Oil Spill Day (attend an action near you), tell Secretary Buttigieg to shut down America’s Most Dangerous Pipeline.

Urge Buttigieg to Shut Down Line 5