2024 promises to be a monumental year in the fight to shut down Line 5. Multiple court cases in motion Permit reviews ahead. Erosion on the Bad River edging ever closer to the pipeline (and spring melt just ahead) Gathering pressure on...
AG Nessel Tours Solar Site, Talks With Business Leaders and Climate Advocates
Photos by Beth Price unless noted. We at Groundwork, along with our colleagues at Great Lakes Business Network and League of Conservation Voters, were honored to recently host Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for a tour of a solar energy installation west of...
Tribe seeks emergency shutdown of Line 5
Photo: Taken by an Enbridge drone, the image shows Bad River flooding from spring melt. Such flooding has eroded the river bank and could expose Line 5 oil pipeline, which would increase the risk of structural failure. Image from court filings. This op-ed first...
Press Release: Army Corps’ Review of Line 5 Must Be Broadened
Friends — This morning we are sharing thoughts from our colleagues at Michigan Climate Action Network and Environmental Law and Policy Center about the scope of the Army Corps review of the Line 5 oil tunnel. —JS Today [October 14], together with the...
Saying Good-Bye as GLBN Staff … and Hello as GLBN Member
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...
Michigan’s Fork-in-the-Road Climate Moment
This commentary first published in Crain's Detroit Business, March 16, 2022 A day will come when Michigan and the entire United States must make sweeping and dramatic changes to combat global warming. We can say that with certainty because, as a vast body of climate...