FLOW Livestream Event on Line 5 at 11AM Today

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Hear about recent developments in the widespread effort to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac and stop the proposed oil tunnel. Presenters will answer questions from attendees.

Panelists

  • Liz Kirkwood, FLOW Executive Director  – Host
  • Whitney Gravelle, President, Bay Mills Indian Community
  • Zach Welcker, FLOW Legal Director
  • Sean McBrearty, Campaign Coordinator, Oil & Water Don’t Mix.

This event is occurring just after the 12th anniversary of the Enbridge Line 6B Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster. At the Straits of Mackinac, Enbridge Line 5 poses a dire threat in what University of Michigan scientists called “the worst possible place for an oil spill in the Great Lakes.”

Michigan Public Service Commission Requests More Information re: Enbridge Line 5 Tunnel

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Elizabeth LaPensée

Tribal brief here.

Wisconsin Federal Court Rejects Enbridge Demand to Depose Bad River Council Members “Thought Processes”

Here are materials in Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Enbridge Inc. (W.D. Wis.):

Prior post here.

Tribal Brief in Michigan Public Service Commission Case Involving Enbridge Line 5

Here:

Mackinac Island 2020

FLOW: “Reckless and Defiant, Enbridge Won’t Diffuse Its ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ in the Great Lakes at Today’s Deadline to Shut Down Line 5”

Here.

Bay Mills Indian Community Brings Contested Case against Line 5 Tunnel Proposal

Here.

Traverse City Record-Eagle: “Tribal leaders denounce Enbridge for ‘manipulative’ video about Indigenous peacemaking”

Here.

Also here.

Circle of Blue: “Treaty Rights Acknowledged For First Time in Oil Pipeline’s Controversial History”

Here.

The Takeaway: “Indigenous Treaties Are Helping to Secure Environmental Wins”

Here.

State of Michigan v. Enbridge Energy Complaint

Here:

Complaint