FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director FLOW (For Love of Water)Email: Liz@FLOWforWater.orgOffice: (231) 944-1568, Cell: (570) 872-4956 May 2, 2018 Contact: Dr. Robert Richardson, Michigan State UniversityEmail: rbr@msu.eduTelephone: (517) 355-9533
FLOW’s organizing principle is the public trust doctrine. What sounds like an exotic concept is quite simple. This centuries-old principle of common law holds that there are some resources, like water and submerged lands, that by their nature cannot be privately owned. Rather, this commons – including the Great Lakes — belongs to the public. … line-5-public-trust/" title="ReadOnce More: Line 5 and the Public Trust”>Read more »
FLOW’s organizing principle is the public trust doctrine. What sounds like an exotic concept is quite simple. This centuries-old principle of common law holds that there are some resources, like water and submerged lands, that by their nature cannot be privately owned. Rather, this commons – including the Great Lakes — belongs to the public. … line-5/" title="ReadPublic Trust Tuesday: Shutting Down Line 5“>Read more »
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… line-5/" title="ReadA Clear Plan to Decommission Line 5“>Read more »
Our State’s leadership in the handling of Enbridge’s Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac has gone from bad to worse. In light of disclosures by Enbridge of a failed pipeline design and the refusal on the part of our State leaders to take action to prevent devastating harm to the Great Lakes, it is… Line 5“>Read more »
Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director Cell: 570-872-4956 FLOW (For Love of Water) Email: liz@flowforwater.org Jim Olson, Founder & President Cell: 231-499-8831 FLOW (For Love of Water) Email: olson@envlaw.com ST. IGNACE – The state of Michigan must immediately apply the law, stop Line 5’s oil flow, and reject a Canadian company’s application to extract more life out of… line-5-pipelines-mackinac-straits-requires-state-apply-law-stop-oil-reject-permit/" title="ReadEnbridge’s Neglect of 64-Year-Old “Line 5” Pipelines in Mackinac Straits Requires State to Apply Law, Stop Oil, Reject Permit”>Read more »
TRAVERSE CITY – A draft report for the State by Dynamic Risk Inc. of alternatives to Enbridge’s risky twin oil pipelines crossing the lakebed at the Straits of Mackinac is so deeply flawed, according to FLOW, a Traverse City-based Great Lakes water law and policy center, that the State cannot credibly rely on its… Line 5” Pipelines Riddled with Bad Assumptions, Miscalculations”>Read more »
Public Statement Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Line 5 Straits New Anchor Structures Jim Olson President and Legal Advisor, FLOW (For Love of Water) July 25, 2017 Director Grether, Division and Unit Chief Fisher, and the Gaylord Office Unit Supervisor Haas, and Great Lakes Submerged Land Specialist Graft: This statement addresses a primary legal requirement… line-5-straits-new-anchor-structures/" title="ReadLine 5 Straits New Anchor Structures”>Read more »
On June 29, the State of Michigan released for public comment a consultant’s study on alternatives to Line 5, the risky 64-year-old dual oil pipelines that cross the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac. The state is now holding public meetings on the study. The study is a major disappointment and contributes little of value… line-5-alternatives-study/" title="ReadA Disappointing Distraction: FLOW’s Statement on the Line 5 Alternatives Study”>Read more »
