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Green Groups Urge Army Corps Climate Action on Line 5 Tunnel

On June 30, MiCAN and the Environmental Law & Policy Center submitted comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, calling on the agency to include climate change and greenhouse gas considerations in its Environmental Impact Statement regarding the Line 5 Tunnel Project under the...

Keeping Everyone’s Lights On: How to Build an Equitable, Climate-Resilient Power Grid

This report outlines key strategies for enhancing stability and ensuring long-term energy security, including reforming the transmission planning process, collaborating with researchers and experts, and updating the metrics used to evaluate investments in transmission.

Study: Proposed Line 5 tunnel in Straits of Mackinac would cause ‘detrimental effects’

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found in a study that multiple "direct, detrimental effects" that would be caused to the environment by the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline tunnel proposal.

Federal report warns of environmental risks from Line 5 tunnel project in Straits of Mackinac

Click on Detroit expands more on the federal report released detailing the risks involved in the Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. Watch their report below:

Expert: climate activists should love foresters

Reconnecting with her forestry roots, our executive director Dr. Denise Keele, presented the value of forest carbon sequestration to a packed house at the annual meeting of the Michigan Society of American Foresters on April 9, 2025. Michigan’s forests naturally capture approximately 10%...

Federal Attacks on Climate Funding, Staff and Programs Will Increase Health Risks and Costs for Michiganders

At a virtual briefing hosted by Michigan Solutions for All, MiCAN Executive Director Dr. Denise Keele joined partners to sound the alarm on dangerous federal rollbacks to climate funding, clean energy programs, and environmental protections, threats that would raise energy costs, deepen health disparities,...

Line 5 tunnel project permits on ‘fast track’ by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The federal review of the Line 5 tunnel project is being fast-tracked, raising red flags for Tribal Nations and environmental groups worried about shortcuts in the process. This move threatens the health of the Great Lakes and undermines community voices, MiCAN continues to advocate for...

Opinion | Permitting precedent imperils Michigan’s waters

This powerful piece from Beth Wallace, Great Lakes climate and energy director at the National Wildlife Federation, underscores exactly why MiCAN is deeply invested in stopping the Line 5 tunnel project. As Wallace highlights, allowing this project to bypass proper oversight would threaten the integrity...

Native American tribes and environmental groups ask Michigan Supreme Court to hear Line 5 challenge

Following a Michigan Court of Appeals decision upholding a key permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project, four Tribal Nations and three environmental groups, they argue the decision violates the state constitution, environmental laws, and the public trust doctrine by failing to consider oil spill...

PRESS RELEASE: Tribes, Greens Take Line 5 Tunnel to Michigan’s Supreme Court

Four Michigan Tribes and environmental groups, including MiCAN, are asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac. The coalition argues the project threatens the Great Lakes, violates Tribal sovereignty, and contradicts Michigan’s environmental...