Posted on 11/13/2020 10:11:10 AM PST by Libloather
LANSING, MI -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is shutting down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, citing multiple violations by the company of the 1953 easement with the state, along with a duty to protect the Great Lakes.
Enbridge now has until May 2021 to stop the flow of oil and natural gas through the Great Lakes, according to a statement from Whitmer.
“Here in Michigan, the Great Lakes define our borders, but they also define who we are as people,” Whitmer said in a statement. “Enbridge has routinely refused to take action to protect our Great Lakes and the millions of Americans who depend on them for clean drinking water and good jobs.”
Since last summer, the state Department of Natural Resources has been reviewing the giant Canadian oil company’s easement compliance. A portion of the 645-mile pipeline runs through the Straits of Mackinac. The controversial Line 5 carries crude oil and natural gas liquids from Wisconsin to Ontario, across both Michigan peninsulas.
The 1953 easement gives Enbridge authority to use the state-owned lake bottom to transport oil and gas. But Whitmer said Enbridge has repeatedly violated the easement “by ignoring structural problems that put our Great Lakes and our families at risk.”
“Most importantly, Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and way of life," she said.
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Revenge of the communist hack/hag against anything and anyone not adhering to her political views.
She’s going back on something from 1953?
These communists never give up
Wonder what kind of life they’ll have when all that is shut down? Economy, jobs, etc.
As the pipeline goes to ON, True-dope is celebrating big-time! She wants to destroy the Michigan economy and True-dope wants to destroy the Canadian economy.
Two turds occupying the same cesspool.
i THINK WHITMER HAS dELUSIONS OF BEING EVITA PERON!!
i THINK WHITMER HAS dELUSIONS OF BEING EVITA PERON!!
Governor Banana weighs in...
The pipelines that cross the Mackinac Straits are almost 70 years old and are overdue to be replaced.
This has been a decades-long battle with Enbridge.
So it now starts in earnest...
The communists are absolutely convinced that no Americans are going to “seriously” do anything about stopping the final coup stages...
This is so similar to the collapse of France in WWII...
The GOP has perfected the Frog philosophy of winning-through-surrender...
How does she have any authority over interstate/international transport? Seems she’s overstepping on more than just her COVID mandates. Next she’ll be saying to let them eat cake.
That pipeline also feeds refineries in Detroit (Marathon) and in Ohio (BP).
Comrade Whitmer is all about destroying free enterprise. She is almost as red (communist) as True-dope.
Hopefully PDJT wins and rolls the Trump Train into d’Ottawa! Buh bye Justin(e)!
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