Hello fellow climate activists,

I am forwarding you all the link to file comments on the Line 5 pipeline at the Army Corps of Engineers. This might be the last chance to have your voice heard and try to stop the Line 5 Oil and Gas Pipeline.

To Submit Written Comments go to:

https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs/public-notices And search Line 5 in the “Filter Notices” box. Click on the message icon for MVP-2020-00260-WMS – Enbridge Energy. Can add additional information via uploading pdf documents or just provide comments.  Please personalize any comments to make them your own from the context below..

Here is context:

Water and oil don’t mix. And that’s especially true when you’re dealing with greedy fossil fuel corporations that put profits ahead of environmental safety.

Right now there’s a dirty oil pipeline called Line 5 running between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan―through the most critical part of the Great Lakes. It’s operated by Canadian multinational corporation Enbridge Energy, which is responsible for one of the worst inland oil spills in U.S. history. The company’s Line 6B pipeline dumped 840,000 gallons of oil into the headwaters of the Kalamazoo River.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered the pipeline to be shut down. But the Michigan Public Service Commission granted Enbridge a permit that could potentially allow them to continue using the pipeline.

Now you can make a comment at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make your voice heard about this ill advised pipeline: Contact the Army Corps of Engineers.

Native Tribes have been fighting hard against the Line 5 pipeline, which violates their sovereignty and their sacred and legally protected water and fishing rights.

The Great Lakes are also home to precious ecosystems and wildlife, holding 21% of the world’s fresh surface water. Tens of millions of people rely on them for drinking water, jobs, and recreation.

We cannot allow the water we rely on to live, the water that helps make the Great Lakes Basin such a special place for so many, to be sacrificed for corporate greed.

Every day that oil flows through Line 5 is a catastrophic risk to the entire Great Lakes region.

Thank you. Together, we must keep pushing our government to recognize water as a human right.

In Solidarity,

Team 350 Chicago