BIG UPDATE:
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) ruled on April 21, 2021, to include climate evidence in their review of Enbridge's proposed Line 5 oil tunnel!
This is a historic decision. The first time greenhouse gases will be included in a review under the Michigan Environmental Protection Act. We will now be able to provide evidence not only about the climate impacts of the construction of the tunnel, but also the products the pipeline carries.
Thank you to the 120 businesses and organizations and the more than 2000 people who signed our letter urging the Commissioners to include climate change.
Thanks to you and the tireless actions of thousands of others, we've won a major step in the fight to prevent an oil tunnel and fight climate change and pollution! We will continue to work with our partners at the Environmental Law & Policy Center and expert witnesses to present this evidence.
For more information, check out our press release and the video below about the Commission's decision.
Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS for helping us win this monumental decision!
Allowing Enbridge to build a massive oil tunnel - and to restart the Line 5 oil pipeline that Gov. Whitmer has ordered shut down - will have significant impacts on our climate and our state. Building this oil tunnel at a time when scientists say we must cut climate emissions by 45% this decade is a terrible idea, and Enbridge has been fighting to keep all evidence about climate change from even being considered. In the midst of the burgeoning climate crisis, it would be irresponsible to allow Enbridge to narrow the scope of the review of this project so severely that the most important issues are excluded. We urge you to include evidence about climate change, other significant environmental risks, and public need in your review of Enbridge’s proposed oil tunnel project.
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The representative for the Coast Guard stated that they could not help if waves were over three feet high. Ice would also keep the Coast Guard from helping.
It was evident from reading the Risk Analysis that the amount of propane needed by the Upper Peninsula could be met by sending U.P. derived oil to Superior Wisconsin for conversion to propane. Lower Peninsula needs can be met by pipelines from Chicago.
This whole, years long excercise has been a way for Enbridge to game the system and keep making money for shareholders and Canadian oil wells owned by, in part, the Koch’s. If you three commissioners aren’t Republican hacks, you’ll do the right thing and shut the pipelines down.
The legal representative for the public as obtained a brochure for the latest piece of oil skimming equipment purchased by Enbridge. The brochure stated that it was not to be used when waves were over three feet high.