Eighth Grader stuns MPSC at meeting on Line 5 proposed tunnel under Straits of Mackinac

This map shows the location of the existing Line 5 dual pipelines -- dotted lines to the west of the Mackinac Bridge (at right, in red) between St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan. Enbridge hopes to replace the 70-year-old Line 5 with a pipeline inside a tunnel under the lakebed of the Straits. (Image courtesy US Army Corps of Engineers) 

From Oil and Water Don't Mix
Posted on their Web site June 13, 2023
Shared with permission

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) staff recently recommended that the commissioners approve the permit to place the Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline into a tunnel through the Great Lakes. But then eighth grader Anna Stuntz stepped up to the mic.

Oil and Water Don't Mix -- a group of organizations and citizens across Michigan working to keep oil out of the Great Lakes and spur a transition to a clean energy economy -- organized the public to attend the June 9, 2023, MPSC meeting to let the commissioners know what they think of the plan to create new fossil fuel infrastructure through the Great Lakes. Anna framed a stunning argument for a reason to deny the permit:

Anna Stuntz addresses the Michigan Public Service Commission with a poem that expresses her opposition to the Line 5 pipelines and Enbridge's plan for a tunnel under the Straits. (Video courtesy Oil and Water Don't Mix)

CLICK HERE to join Anna and send a message to the MPSC: NO OIL TUNNEL.

You can also sign a petition against the tunnel to Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Legislature HERE.

Editor's Note:

See this info from a tunnel expert: "Red Flags: Proposed Great Lakes Tunnel Project." 

For information on Line 5 from MPSC CLICK HERE.