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Factsheet: Line 5 - A Timeline of a Ticking Bomb

A fossil fuel pipeline exists at the interaction of two Great Lakes. Built for 50 years but running for nearly 70. Unsupported sections, a million gallons already spilled along its length, owned by a company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in US history. The aging Line 5 pipeline is a disaster waiting to happen. This is a timeline of major Line 5 events, from construction in 1953 to present day.

Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy

Americans should understand the goal of the oil and gas industry: drill, extract, and burn all the oil and gas resources it can acquire. The business plan is to burn it all.[[{"fid":"19287","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy","title":"Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]

Amber Schmidt

Amber Schmidt is the New England Zero Waste Organizer for Clean Water Action’s Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island offices. Her work in this role focuses on three main areas: reducing single-use disposable foodware, food waste diversion from landfills and incinerators, and zero-waste policy.

Jennifer Schlicht

Jennifer began her work with Clean Water Action as a canvasser in our Ann Arbor, Michigan office. After working as a field and office manager, she began working on our National Communications team in 2020 and moved to her current role of Michigan Communications Manager in 2025. Jennifer also volunteers in the local community for voting access and rights, as a Legal Observer, an English conversation tutor and welcoming volunteer for refugee families, and with environmental conservation and education projects as a Michigan Conservation Steward and Master Rain Gardener. A born and raised
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