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Whitmer: Finish the Job, Revoke the Remaining Permits for Line 5
Line 5 Pipeline
The Michigan Supreme Court found the tunnel has no state siting approval required under federal law and that regulators can no longer ignore the public trust doctrine when a project like this puts the Great Lakes at risk.
Tribal Nations and Michigan citizens have been saying this for years. Now the state’s highest court has said it too.
But Line 5 itself is still running. The same 73-year-old pipeline that’s been sitting exposed on the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac since 1953. It’s still pumping oil today, permit fight or no permit fight.
Governor Whitmer’s press release on August 28th, 2026 invokes seven years of fighting to keep oil out of the Great Lakes. What it doesn’t mention is that six weeks prior, her own administration approved the permits Enbridge needs to build the Line 5 oil tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Michiganders deserve a governor who tells them plainly whether she supports getting oil pipelines out of Michigan and the Great Lakes, or whether she supports moving one short segment into a tunnel and calling that a win.
It’s time for Gov. Whitmer to listen to the Court, to Tribal Nations who won this case, and to the tens of thousands of Michiganders who have opposed this project for over a decade. We’d welcome a governor who actually opposes Line 5, full stop, with the Straits, tunnel, and the 645 miles in between. The fossil fuel moved by this pipeline threatens the climate and is inconsistent with Michigan’s MI Healthy Climate Plan.
Send Gov. Whitmer the message below: End Your Support for the Line 5 Tunnel.
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