Petroleum Way (re: Oil & Water Don’t Mix) My elected rep just sent a proud email stating he’s introduced legislation that, if passed, would make it impossible to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5, the decrepit oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac. Building a tunnel around it won’t matter. It threatens fresh…
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United Nations committee asks U.S. to investigate possible Line 3 treaty violations — Rise Up Times
This would be precedent setting. We need that kind of precedent. In Michigan, we are fighting Line 5 running under the Great Lakes right now. “If the violations are verified by the United Nations, the letter says it would be a breach of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,…
excerpt from Bridge Michigan, “Michigan’s nonpartisan, nonprofit news source, May 11, 2021: “On eve of Line 5 shutdown deadline, Enbridge vows to defy Michigan order”
Demonstrators gather in Mackinaw City for a protest against the Line 5 pipeline, which crosses the Straits of Mackinac between St. Ignace and Mackinaw City. (Photo courtesy of Whitney Gravelle) Enbridge Energy technically has one more day to shut down the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, but even the pipeline’s most vocal…
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