Advocates of shutting down dangerous Line 5 at the Straits of Mackinac presented a detailed plan for its decommissioning yesterday. The plan gives the state officials who are accountable, Attorney General Bill Schuette and Governor Rick Snyder, a detailed, realistic plan for protecting the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill while assuring energy to meet Michigan’s needs.
Enbridge has been using publicly-owned lakebed at the Straits as a conduit for its shipments of oil and gas underneath the Straits under a 65-year-old easement granted by the state on the condition that the company operates prudently. But repeated disclosures of shoddy maintenance, structural flaws in the pipelines and concealment of critical information from state officials demonstrated Enbridge is not acting prudently.
FLOW Executive Director Liz Kirkwood said, “It’s time to move forward with legal action to compel strict enforcement of the current easement and to set a timetable for ending the easement.”
For more information, please visit:
- http://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/a_clear_plan_to_decommission_line_5
- http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/01/advocacy_group_state_must_stop.html
FLOW,
Thanks for all your hard — and great — work toward keeping our waters pure, particularly when it comes to Line 5.
Above you stated that you “presented a detailed plan.” To whom did you present it? Just curious.
Thanks,
Steve K.
Keep up the good work.
Why does their being less than forthright about defects to the pipline and repairs not automatically disqualify Enbridge from being anywhere closely involved with proximity to our Great Lakes?