Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Protest
September 1, 2021
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On Wednesday, September 1, 350MKE joined the Sierra Club, Great Waters Group, and others on Milwaukee's lakefront to raise awareness of the danger of Line 5 passing under the Straits of Mackinac. We rallied on Lincoln Memorial Drive at Lafayette Hill Road - Lake Michigan, Milwaukee where about two dozen people joined the demonstration including several passersby. We got a lot of positive reaction from traffic, bikers and pedestrians. Susan Modder engaged many coffee drinkers at the Colectivo courtyard who were wondering what was happening across the street. Milwaukee was joined by the cities of Detroit, Chicago, and Windsor in the protest.
WUWM report on Line 5 from September 14: Concerns Over Oil And Gas Pipeline In Northern Wisconsin
Media coverage: Public News Service: Chicagoians call for Line 5 shutdown Columbia Chronicle: Pipeline brings Chicago protesters to ACOE front door Detroit News:Protestors call on Canada to stop backing Line 5 Michigan Public Radio: Environmentalists call on Canada to shut down Line 5 Detroit Metro Times: Water activists urge Canada to stop supporting Line 5 Windsor Star: Activists protest Line 5 pipeline CKLW: Great Lakes protest in Windsor KPFB, KPFA, WCKC, WCBY, WGFN, WJZJ, WHIT, WXHR, KPFK, WLIZ, WAVC, KBOO, WCSY, WIDG, WMKC, WSJM, WXPR: Water activists urge Canada to stop supporting Line 5 (Min. estimated audience/circulation: 947,157. Story usage report is here.) |
Since May, Enbridge has been operating Line 5 illegally in defiance of the State of Michigan and with support from the Trudeau government of Canada. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to shut down the Line 5 pipeline is both legal and the right thing to do. By taking a proactive approach to defusing a ticking time bomb, her plan was to protect the health and safety of Michiganders while ensuring the state’s energy needs are met.
It is past time for Canadian officials to join their neighbors in Michigan and act to protect the Great Lakes and our climate instead of advancing Enbridge’s fossil fuel agenda. 
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OWDM has photos posted from the Chicago event: https://www.facebook.com/oilandwaterdontmixcoalition
FLOW Intern Matt Harmon took some sharp photos of the Detroit event: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/flowforwater
FLOW (@for.love.of.water) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSwizNrfXt/
Progress Michigan Twitter feed
OWDM has photos posted from the Chicago event: https://www.facebook.com/oilandwaterdontmixcoalition
FLOW Intern Matt Harmon took some sharp photos of the Detroit event: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/flowforwater
FLOW (@for.love.of.water) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSwizNrfXt/
Progress Michigan Twitter feed
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