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Governor Whitmer must act on her legal duty as the public's trustee to immediately shut down the oil flowing through the aging Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in the Mackinac Straits just west of the Mackinac Bridge.
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Michigan’s top elected officials should act with urgency to prevent a catastrophic oil spill and protect the Great Lakes and our state’s interests, including local businesses, the “Pure Michigan” economy, commercial shipping, a vital fishery, and the drinking water supply for local communities including St. Ignace and Mackinac Island.
Whitmer acknowledges that Line 5 is a relic that would never be approved by today’s standards. In fact, Enbridge admitted that 67-year-old Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits is past its life expectancy and that a best-case cleanup of a worst-case oil spill would recover only 30 percent of the oil spilled.
Bottom line: Oil pipelines simply don’t belong in the Great Lakes. It’s time to Shut Down Line 5!
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