The Michigan Supreme Court found the proposed Line 5 tunnel has no state siting approval required under federal law, and that Michigan Public Service Commission regulators can no longer ignore the public trust doctrine when a project like this puts the Great Lakes at risk. Ask Governor Whitmer to withdraw administration's support for the tunnel and to support Michigan's citizens and Tribal Nations by recommitting to shutting down Line 5 for good.
As wildfire smoke from climate change covered Michigan, EGLE reissued the tunnel's wetlands and bottomlands permits, brushing aside more than 70,000 public comments opposing this project. One EGLE decision is still pending: the NPDES permit to dump construction wastewater into Lake Michigan. Tell Director Roos to deny it, and tell Governor Whitmer to keep her promise and shut down Line 5.
Right now there are hundreds of contaminated sites in Michigan that were contaminated by corporate polluters, and yet Michigan taxpayers are on the hook to pay for cleanups. That wasn't always the case. Write your MI lawmakers about bringing back polluter pay today!
Current estimates show that nearly 1 in 10 Michigan families struggle with water affordability, and we need a statewide solution. Join Clean Water Action and the grassroots activists who have been leading the fight for water affordability in asking your MI lawmakers to take action!