Sign On to MPSC Letter

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!

Dear Commissioners:

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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Ilze Hammersley endorsed 2021-03-24 12:05:46 -0400
Amber Downes endorsed 2021-03-24 12:02:43 -0400
Sara Leopold endorsed 2021-03-24 11:58:23 -0400
John Mirsky endorsed 2021-03-24 11:57:09 -0400
Douglas Burden endorsed 2021-03-24 11:55:11 -0400
Kathi Geukes endorsed 2021-03-24 11:54:53 -0400
David Holtz endorsed 2021-03-24 11:54:10 -0400
Robert Aguirre endorsed via Michael Buza 2021-03-24 11:53:51 -0400

The tunnel is only a disaster waiting to happen closing to lie 5 is an absolute priority followed by never approving this disastrous tunnel. The science is clear and tha Great Lakes and straits of Mackinaw deserves your reverence. NO please NO
Nancy Mikolaitis endorsed 2021-03-24 11:53:36 -0400
Kevin Crupi endorsed 2021-03-24 11:49:45 -0400

I’m a meteorologist with two degrees in atmospheric science. The great majority of the most qualified scientists in my field of study believe human-caused greenhouse gas emissions—much of which come from burning dirty fossil fuels like the tar sands oil (one of the dirtiest) Line 5 will transport—are responsible for a dangerous climate change and that urgent action to reduce these emissions and switch to the use of more clean, renewable energy sources is necessary to avoid the worst impacts.
Audrey Smith endorsed 2021-03-24 11:47:38 -0400
Frances Lombaer endorsed 2021-03-24 11:46:16 -0400
Marianne Fix endorsed via Kell Jones 2021-03-24 11:45:23 -0400
Kell Jones endorsed 2021-03-24 11:42:55 -0400
Joseph Heringlake endorsed 2021-03-24 11:42:29 -0400
Charles Carpenter endorsed 2021-03-24 11:40:14 -0400

Please don’t hide behind ambiguous arguments about jurisdiction. Please so the next right thing. We’ll move on from there.
Gregory Alexander endorsed 2021-03-24 11:34:25 -0400

I don’t understand how people are missing the bigger picture! If there was a major oil spill it Would forever change the ecology of the great Lakes for probably over 100 years! That’s unacceptable! We cannot afford that catastrophic to Michigan’s economy in tourism and environmental impact of all the endangered animals whom are even having a hard time now as we speak with climate change to survive in the Great Lakes! This oil tunnel has got to be the most asinine and Outrageous idea ever created by a company who is trying to sell it to Michigan. We shouldn’t fall for it as we have too much to lose and they have nothing but profits the gain!
Whitney Roberts endorsed 2021-03-24 11:34:04 -0400
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@rhammer tweeted link to this page. 2021-03-24 11:24:49 -0400
Ask the @MichiganPSC to consider the climate impacts of approving a new oil tunnel for @Enbridge's #Line5. No new fossil fuel infrastructure during the #climatecrisis! #NoOilTunnel https://www.miclimateaction.org/sign_on_to_mpsc_letter?recruiter_id=11
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