The Great Lakes hold one-fifth of the world’s supply of freshwater – an oil spill can contaminate the drinking water source for 40 million people in the United States and Canada: [link removed]

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Dear Friend,

An oil pipeline is putting the largest surface freshwater system in the world at risk. For more than 20 years past its engineered lifespan, the Line 5 oil pipeline has been carrying oil and gas from western Canada to eastern Canada by taking a shortcut through the Great Lakes. [link removed]

The outdated pipeline has spilled at least 33 times over its lifetime, releasing at least 1.1 million gallons of oil into the environment. Now, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge wants to dig a tunnel below the lakebed to lock in another century of fossil fuel profits.

At the direction of President Trump, the Army Corps of Engineers is fast-tracking federal permits for the pipeline tunnel replacement -- but the State of Michigan can still stop its construction. We need your help to urge Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer to reject this permit and protect our Great Lakes!

In his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order declaring an “Energy Emergency,” directing federal agencies to skip important reviews and to fast-track approvals for major fossil fuel infrastructure projects like the Line 5 oil tunnel. Since then, the Trump administration has continued to eviscerate bedrock environmental laws that protect our health and our environment. We won’t let the Trump administration lock in more fossil fuel use, but we need your help.

Even though the federal government is moving to rubber-stamp the tunnel project, we can urge the state to step in. Tell Gov. Whitmer to protect the Great Lakes and reject the Line 5 tunnel project. [link removed]


Sincerely,
Debbie Chizewer
Managing Attorney, Midwest Office

TAKE ACTION: [link removed]

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