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Thursday, July 01, 2021

UPEC Livestream to present Canadian pipeline researcher on Enbridge and Line 5 TONIGHT, Thursday, July 1

The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition’s Livestream Series will present "A Canadian Speaks Out on Enbridge and Line 5," with Gerald Kruk, pipeline researcher, at 8 p.m. EDT TONIGHT, Thursday, July 1, via Facebook and Zoom (links below).

Canada and Enbridge have been waging a major campaign in the US to keep Line 5 from being shut down. Hear from a Canadian who says his country and the company have hurt themselves with their virulent rhetoric and negative behavior!

UPEC'S speaker, Gerald Kruk, is a resident of Calgary, Alberta, home of Enbridge, the owner of Line 5. In a recent editorial, Mr. Kruk, who is a professional in the petroleum industry, brought to the fore the basic problem with Enbridge: lack of trust and loss of reputation. The rapid expansion of pipelines during the last dozen years led to localized opposition, later joined by national-scale climate-change activists. In the case of Enbridge, it was the pipeline rupture on the Kalamazoo River in 2010 that fully exposed its complacency about safety.

Gerald Kruk worked as a corporate manager and independent consultant in Canada’s petroleum and pipeline industries from 1974 to 2015. He is now a researcher and writer on pipeline issues.

Join the livestream on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/195291337192049/live/

or on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83113438020?pwd=d3pZcjNyYW9uVmZUTy9vc2ZIN0UwUT09

Meeting ID: 831 1343 8020

Passcode: 2021

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