https://retireline5.org/news daily 0.75 2018-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1523902588117-5QS4TGDGZV9GX08F7SP3/fullsizeoutput_7796.jpeg News blog https://retireline5.org/new-blog daily 0.75 2018-07-31 https://retireline5.org/new-blog/2018/7/31/april-25-2018-beneath-the-surface-documentary-from-detroit-public-tv-released monthly 0.5 2018-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1533075178244-6VAEXZO5Y74RRY66B0J6/Screen+Shot+2018-07-31+at+6.10.29+PM.png New News Page (testing) - Beneath The Surface documentary from Detroit Public TV released A recent analysis shows more than 5 million jobs are directly connected to the five Great Lakes, generating 62 billion dollars in wages. More than 40 million people get their drinking water from the Great Lakes. In this new half-hour documentary, Detroit Public TV’s Great Lakes Bureau examines the controversy surrounding the Line 5 pipeline built by Enbridge Inc., a pipeline that was constructed and placed on the lakebed between Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsula more than a half century ago. 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However, Terri felt swamped by trying to figure out just the facts about Line 5, so she went to lots of meetings, read lots of things, and talked to lots of people, including people who work for Enbridge. The more Terri learned, the more she felt there should be an easier way to learn the basics and get pointers to more information. It didn’t take long to figure out that Line 5 is the biggest threat to our water and way of life for everything from jobs to recreation for those of us lucky enough to live around the Great Lakes. However, Terri felt swamped by trying to figure out just the facts about Line 5, so she went to lots of meetings, read lots of things, and talked to lots of people, including people who work for Enbridge. 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According to data from the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Line 5 has already experienced at least 29 spills which have released more than 1 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1497837757204-AN4ZQTHK62MMBRX3HM1A/Kalamazoo+oil+spill+from+Enbridge+Line+6B What? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1497837538785-Y5PKZYBUWNBKPQ2TY23S/Schwab+Line+5+spill+projection What? https://retireline5.org/resources daily 0.75 2018-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1499714447243-CO1I725TERO2KJNC2EXB/Major+threats+to+Enbridge+Line+5+operation Resources This partial slide comes from the full presentation of the Alternatives Analysis presented at the July 6, 2017. Threat number 1 is that an anchor drops and bursts a pipeline - or even both pipelines as Line 5 spilts into two twenty inch pipelines as it transports nearly 23 million gallons of oil per day under the Straits. There was major concern about this in 1953 when Line 5 was built. In April 2018, a 6 ton anchor struck Line 5 and was dragged for two days more before being discovered. This anchor drop and drag dented the pipelines and cut three underwater power cables nearby which released about 800 gallons of oil. In June 2020, while divers were doing repair work Enbridge discovered previously undetected damage to an anchor support of an “unknown nature” that was serious enough for them to voluntarily shut down both pipelines voluntarily. On June 25, 2020 Circuit Court Judge James Jamo granted Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s request to temporarily shut down the pipeline. On November 13, 2020, Governor Whitmer and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) notified Enbridge that the 1953 easement allowing it to operate dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac to transport petroleum and other products is being revoked and terminated. They also filed a lawsuit asking the Ingham County Circuit Court to recognize the validity of this action. The state is revoking the easement for violation of the public trust doctrine, given the unreasonable risk that continued operation of the dual pipelines poses to the Great Lakes. Moreover, the state is terminating the easement based on Enbridge’s persistent and incurable violations of the easement’s terms and conditions. However, this does not mean the fight is done. It is fully expected that Enbridge will contest this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1602757593467-BT3ZTJH3CYZGMFZOQF4K/Fred+and+Terri+up+front_by+Philip+Hutchinson+20-10-2 Resources - Inadvertent Discovery… While working to get an independent look at Line 5, a group of volunteers discovered sites that are likely to be of current cultural and historical significance. 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The black line with the red dot denotes the path of Line 5. Photo credit: David Joe Bates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1615664674008-1ANRAUK9W2O14KC2QQRQ/Kakagon+aerial-1.jpg In Wisconsin The Kakagon-Bad River Slough Complex Photo credit: Jim Meeker/Ted Cline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1615667617063-PJE0YIAPBF8HN594V4DC/Bad+River+Watershed.JPG In Wisconsin The Bad River Watershed drains over 1,000 square miles/700,000 Acres of land in Northern Wisconsin. 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Known as the “Copper Falls Aquifer,” it is recharged by water permeating through sandy sediments of the overlying Copper Falls Formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1615674449969-8O6MCTVT6IEZ18DVV4F1/Lake+Superior+Sunset+2.JPG In Wisconsin https://retireline5.org/home daily 1.0 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1497567630899-09Y1CB1I29WBPWTNJW9N/Enbridge+Line+5+Pipeline Home This map shows the 645 mile route of oil pipeline known as Line 5. It is a shortcut to benefit the Canadian company, Enbridge, for exporting it's oil while we take enormous risks. Line 5 crosses over 400 ecologically sensitive wetlands and waterways, but none are as vulnerable as Line 5's path under the water in the Straits of Mackinac where the currents are strong. There is 10 times more flow in the Straits than there is over Niagra Falls! In addition to concerns of its 67 year old, poor condition, there is the hazard of a dropped anchor rupturing the pipeline which became all too real in April 2018 when an anchor drop broke two electrical cables spilling over 600 gallons of oil - and putting 3 dents in the already deteriorating Line 5 nearby. This should serve as a huge wake up call. Line 5 is operated by the same Canadian company, Enbridge, responsible for the oil spill in 2010 that closed 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River for 2 years - and another even larger spill in Minnesota in 1991. Enbridge took a long time to admit that the current Line 5 is deteriorating and has proposed a tunnel be built. A tunnel is a distraction. Michigan does not need the oil in Line 5. We can remove the risk that transporting oil poses by shutting down Line 5. 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Rather, this commons – including the Great Lakes — belongs to the public. And governments, like the State of Michigan, have a responsibility to protect public uses of these resources. from For The Love of Water (FLOW) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1523903736831-LVZP8SC4IRC0QD8O8LL7/retirement-party-event-OUR.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1523910618806-WVCHMOT2GBP2PK7H23G8/Enbridge_Line5049.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59426f4db3db2bab4365741f/1523909765238-86F96JAOBISNF06F4LZL/Scan+for+oil+from+Line+5.jpeg News "It is simply reckless and irresponsible to operate Line 5 under the current weather conditions in the Straits of Mackinac," Senator Peters said.