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Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel
Watch the Tunnel Vision event live FREE. at the link below. 5-6:30pm, April 24. A recording of this event will be available shortly after it wraps up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfuNNs5ojRI We’re sharing news about an important event designed to educate and...
Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why.
This Groundwork op-ed first published in the Detroit Free Press. The oil company Enbridge wants to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel beneath the lake, and the Michigan Public Service Commission recently signed off on this plan,...
Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, Learn, Take Action!
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...