Protect our Great Lakes Economy, Tell Gov. Whitmer uphold Great Lakes protections against Enbridge

Clean and healthy Great Lakes are essential to the economy of the Great Lakes region. Businesses rely on pristine natural resources and the consumer demands of the thriving tourism economy to create jobs, support communities and provide services that sustain the Great Lakes way of life. The proposed Line 5 tunnel is a direct threat to businesses, wildlife, and communities.

Remind Michigan officials they are required to advance a full Bottomlands review examining the threat to our way-of-life, our freshwater, and Indigenous treaty rights.

Require a Full Bottomlands Review

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Gretchen

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I urge you to protect the economic engine of the Great Lakes by requiring a full bottomlands permit under the Submerged Lands Act for Enbridge's proposal, which will blast and drill through the bottomlands of the Great Lakes. Enbridge does not have the right to build a tunnel without a bottomlands lease.

The Great Lakes are home to businesses and communities that rely on clean water for recreation, drinking water, and economic opportunity. The Line 5 tunnel project puts thousands of regional businesses and Great Lakes jobs at risk.

Building a tunnel to house part of the Line 5 pipeline–which is already 72 years old– would devastate wetlands and aquatic habitats, subjecting fisheries, charter boat captains, outfitters, retailers, and a robust network of hospitality businesses to the consequences.

Beyond its ecological impact, this project deepens our reliance on fossil fuels and risks catastrophic explosions from natural gas liquids, shifting long-term financial and environmental liabilities to Michigan taxpayers. By potentially bypassing full permitting requirements for the use of bottomlands, the state is signaling that corporate interests can outweigh the need for rigorous environmental scrutiny.

Your leadership is essential to prioritize Michigan’s natural resources, protect the lake sturgeon and other species, and ensure a sustainable future. Please act decisively to safeguard the Great Lakes by requiring a full bottomlands review.

Thank you for standing with Michigan’s people and wildlife.

Sincerely,
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