ABOVE PHOTO: "The Great Lakes Business Network is corporate advocacy that fits my values—protecting this precious place."—Jim Lively Today I’m excited to pay my membership dues and join the Great Lakes Business Network! For most of you, that process might have been a...
We Must Shrink—Not Expand—Oil Infrastructure Like Line 5
Above: Oil pipelines make a mighty contribution to global warming, a fact that must be reflected in permit decisions like the one now being decided for Line 5. Conceptual photo of oil pipeline, by Rodion Kutsaev. Michiganders are united in their love of the Great...
Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is now trespassing on Great Lakes bottomlands
The herculean citizen effort to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic Line 5 oil spill has reached a pivotal inflection point. May 12th was the deadline that Governor Whitmer set for revoking Enbridge’s easement to use the Great Lakes bottomlands, and the...
Great Lakes Business Network requests equal opportunity in MI legislature to address Line 5 concerns
Members of the Great Lakes Business Network sent the letter below to Michigan legislators. Dear Sen. McBroom, Sen. Lauwers and Rep. Bellino, On behalf of the Great Lakes Business Network and our more than 170 members representing a diverse array of business leaders...
Great Lakes Business Network Celebrates Historic Line 5 Shutdown
The Great Lakes Business Network today applauded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s revocation of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 operating easement following a comprehensive review by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Great Lakes Business Network to Sponsor Clean Energy Conference in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Lansing, Michigan — the Great Lakes Business Network today announced its sponsorship of the Upper Peninsula Clean Energy Conference series. The group highlights the importance of transitioning to clean energy in the Upper Peninsula, and how making the shift will...