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Contact Your State Lawmaker Today to Save the Mackinac Bridge from Enbridge Line 5

November 28, 2018

Updated November 30, 2018 The rush continues in Michigan’s lame-duck legislature to bind the future of the Mackinac Bridge to notorious oil-spiller Enbridge and its proposed private oil tunnel. A Republican-led Senate committee at an 8:15 a.m. hearing on November 28 voted 3-2 along party lines to approve Senate Bill 1197 and advance it to… line-5/" title="ReadContact Your State Lawmaker Today to Save the Mackinac Bridge from Enbridge Line 5“>Read more »

Take Action Today to Oppose Michigan’s Senate Bill 1197 and Save the Mackinac Bridge from Enbridge Line 5

November 15, 2018

FLOW President Jim Olson addresses the board of the Mackinac Bridge Authority at its Nov. 8, 2018, meeting in St. Ignace. FLOW is urging supporters to contact your Michigan lawmakers today using our guidance below and to plan to join FLOW and other leaders of the Oil & Water Don’t Mix campaign who are hosting a Line… line-5/" title="ReadTake Action Today to Oppose Michigan’s Senate Bill 1197 and Save the Mackinac Bridge from Enbridge Line 5“>Read more »

For Immediate Release: Gov. Snyder’s “Line 5” Oil Tunnel Increases Risk of Great Lakes Oil Spill

October 3, 2018

STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                 October 3, 2018 Jim Olson, President, Legal Advisor                                                           Email: Jim@FLOWforWater.org FLOW (For Love of Water), Traverse City, MI           … line-5-oil-tunnel-increases-risk-great-lakes-oil-spill/" title="ReadFor Immediate Release: Gov. Snyder’s “Line 5” Oil Tunnel Increases Risk of Great Lakes Oil Spill”>Read more »

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U.S. Senate Hearing Sets the Stage for Turning Off Dangerous Enbridge Line 5 in Great Lakes

August 22, 2018

Michigan Senator Gary Peters, ranking member of a Senate committee overseeing hazardous pipelines, held a public hearing in Traverse City, Michigan Monday, ground zero in a race to turn off Enbridge’s 65-year old Line 5 before it spills millions of gallons into the Straits of Mackinac and blackens the water, life, and economy of the… line-5-great-lakes/" title="ReadU.S. Senate Hearing Sets the Stage for Turning Off Dangerous Enbridge Line 5 in Great Lakes”>Read more »

State-Commissioned Line 5 Risk Analysis Underlines Urgency of Shutdown, FLOW Says

August 21, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      August 21, 2018 Even the significantly understated economic impacts of a spill from Line 5 at the Straits of Mackinac in a state-commissioned analysis reveal a fiscal and human price tag too high for the people of Michigan, FLOW (For Love of Water) said in comments submitted to Lansing officials before Sunday’s… line-5-risk-analysis-underlines-urgency-shutdown-flow-says/" title="ReadState-Commissioned Line 5 Risk Analysis Underlines Urgency of Shutdown, FLOW Says”>Read more »

Finally, An Honest Conversation About Line 5’s Real Risks to Our Waters and Our Way of Life

August 15, 2018

Over three years ago, on July 15, 2015, the State of Michigan’s Petroleum Pipeline Task Force released its recommendations for the state to conduct an independent risk analysis and independent alternatives analysis on the Line 5 pipelines located in the open waters of the Great Lakes. The Governor’s Advisory Board, created by executive order, promised… line-5s-real-risks-waters-way-life/" title="ReadFinally, An Honest Conversation About Line 5’s Real Risks to Our Waters and Our Way of Life”>Read more »

A Tunnel for Line 5? – That Would be a Big Mistake

August 6, 2018

In an end-run around the public participation process they established, Governor Rick Snyder and Enbridge, Inc., the owner and operator of Line 5, are exploring the possibility of building a $500 million tunnel to replace the stretch of 65 year-old Line 5 pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac.  While a tunnel, properly designed… line-5-big-mistake/" title="ReadA Tunnel for Line 5? – That Would be a Big Mistake”>Read more »

FLOW Says Army Corps Must Conduct Full Environmental Review of Line 5

July 20, 2018

Enbridge’s latest in a long series of requests for government approval of a change in design that elevates a large portion of Line 5 pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac must trigger a full environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a Great Lakes law and policy center said today in formal comments… line-5/" title="ReadFLOW Says Army Corps Must Conduct Full Environmental Review of Line 5“>Read more »