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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Oil & Water Don’t Mix Slams Governor’s Pro-Enbridge Response to Damaged Line 5

Shutting Down Line 5 is the Only Way to Protect the Great Lakes

CONTACT: Sean McBrearty, Oil & Water Don’t Mix, (616) 516-7758

 The following statement can be attributed to Sean McBrearty, Oil & Water Don’t Mix Coordinator:  

“Enbridge has just disclosed dents in the dual pipelines caused by the same vessel that hit two electric cables and spilled 600 gallons of hazardous oils into the Straits last week. There is no question -- the time has come to shut down Line 5.”

“Pipelines do not belong in the Straits of Mackinac, period. Our state’s economy, tourism, and way of life revolves around keeping our Great Lakes in a pristine condition. There’s simply too much at stake to keep Line 5 in operation.”

“This lame duck Governor’s immediate response to allow a new tunneled oil pipeline under the Straits proves what Michiganders have suspected for a long time - this Governor puts a Canadian oil company’s interests before the people of Michigan or the Great Lakes.”

“Rebuilding the pipeline would lock our state into decades more of transporting dirty, dangerous Canadian oil, putting our state and the Great Lakes and other Michigan waterways at grave risk while providing very little benefit to Michigan.”

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Oil & Water Don’t Mix is a broad campaign of organizations, citizens and businesses across Michigan who are working to keep oil out of our Great Lakes by shutting down the dangerous, 64-year-old Line 5 Pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. The campaign fights for clean water and air, Indigenous rights, reducing pollution, sustainable economies and protecting sporting, tourism and jobs that are dependent on our water and Pure Michigan way of life.

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