Shut Down the Line 5 Oil Pipeline

Michigan just gave Enbridge’s dangerous Line 5 tunnel another green light — but this fight is not over.

Line 5 is a dirty oil pipeline running through the heart of the Great Lakes. A spill could poison drinking water, devastate shorelines, and threaten communities that depend on these waters.

Enbridge still does not have every permit it needs to build under the Straits of Mackinac. State and federal officials can still block this project, protect the Great Lakes, and stop another fossil fuel disaster before it happens.

Tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Michigan environmental regulators: Deny the remaining Line 5 permits and protect the Great Lakes from Enbridge’s dangerous oil tunnel.

Tribal Nations have opposed this project for years. The Bay Mills Indian Community has helped lead the fight, warning that the Straits of Mackinac are sacred to Anishinaabe people and central to treaty rights, drinking water, fishing, and tribal lifeways.

State regulators acknowledged the tunnel could disrupt burial grounds and harm historic and cultural values in a sacred area. Yet they still moved it forward.

Line 5 is already 73 years old, has been damaged before, and critics warn a rupture could cause a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes. Enbridge’s tunnel plan does not change the deeper problem: hazardous oil infrastructure does not belong in waters that millions of people and Tribal Nations depend on.

Some permits have already been approved, including Michigan permits tied to wetlands, Great Lakes bottomlands, rare species, and tunnel siting. But Enbridge still needs more approvals before construction can begin, including a federal permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a wastewater discharge permit from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

Those remaining permits are critical pressure points — and officials must deny them.

Add your name now to demand the remaining permits be denied, tribal sovereignty respected, and Line 5 shut down before more damage is done.

The petition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy reads:

"Deny the remaining permits for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project, including the federal Army Corps permit and Michigan wastewater discharge permit. Respect tribal sovereignty and treaty rights, protect sacred sites, defend the Great Lakes, and move toward the permanent shutdown of the Line 5 oil pipeline."