Please read this essay on Enbridge carelessness in regards to its building/maintenance/etc. with its oil pipelines across Wisconsin, Michigan, and the waterways within and between them HERE. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 PIPELINE UNDER THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC PERMANENTLY. Trevor King’s article: According to the study, published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, a total…
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Re-Blog from Turtle Talk: Three Fires Confederacy Reclaims the Straits as a Place of Anishinaabe Ceremony and Collective Action AND… GOOD NEWS ON LINE 5. !NEW UPDATE! (at bottom)
AND from Yesterday was a HUGE win! Governor Gretchen Whitmer and EGLE Director Phil Roos took bold action, announcing they are halting a key tunnel permit and reopening the review. This follows the Michigan Supreme Court’s July 31 ruling, which restored the Michigan Environmental Protection Act and the public trust as the measure of what…
MI Supreme Court Overturns Line 5 Permit. YES!!!!!!!!!!! News from Turtle Talk and Oil & Water Don’t Mix
ALSO from Oil & Water Don’t Mix Last night, the Michigan Supreme Court did something Enbridge didn’t think was coming and vacated approval of the Line 5 oil tunnel. The justices didn’t split hairs. They found the tunnel has no state siting approval that’s required under federal law. And they held that before any state agency…
The Current: When a Corporation Decides States Can’t Protect Their Own Waters
Attorney General Nessel Speaks Before March 2024 Sixth Circuit Court Hearing PHOTO: Bill Latka The Line 5 case Enbridge doesn’t want Michigan courts to hear. David Holtz Jan 27, 2026 If you care about whether your state can protect its own natural resources, please read THIS article. It is important.
from The Current: “Tunnel Vision: The question we should be asking about the Line 5 crude oil pipeline,” by Jeffrey Insko
Wood TV image link (from 2022) The Current Tunnel Vision The question we should be asking about the Line 5 crude oil pipeline.  Jeffrey Insko Dec 30, 2025 Things don’t have to be this way. This is among the most important things to be learned from the study of subjects like literature, history, art,…
from The Current: When the Only Watchdog Won’t Bark
by David Holtz12/22/25  When a federal judge ruled last week that Michigan lacks the authority to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac, the decision was framed as a narrow question of federal preemption. Judge Robert Jonker concluded that only the federal government—under the Pipeline Safety Act—has authority over pipeline safety,…
FFF 62 — Enbridge Line 5 developments
click on link to take you to a page with various live cams trained on Mackinac Straits area Today I’ve learned about two big developments in the fight against Canada’s Enbridge building a tunnel around their decrepit oil pipelines running under the Straits of Mackinac, where 21% of the world’s fresh water resides. The first,…
