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…
Tag: Straits of Mackinac
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,…
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…
