U.S : Tribal communities’ rights are at risk; action needed.

 

Friend, sign and send the petition: Stop the Line 5 pipeline oil tunnel project.     SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION                   Crude oil and natural gas behemoth Enbridge Energy is seeking to build an oil tunnel as a replacement for the 69-year-old Line 5 pipeline that would continue pumping oil through the heart of the Great Lakes. Pipelines like Line 5 are ticking time bombs for disasters. In fact, Enbridge was responsible for the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill, the second-largest inland oil spill in our country’s history that cost more than $1 billion to clean up. We cannot afford another disaster – a Line 5 rupture in the Straits of Mackinac would impact 700 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, take years to clean up, and could devastate our Great Lakes. Additionally, the project threatens frontline tribal communities who retain treaty-protected access to the waterway proposed for the pipeline – constructing a tunnel for the underwater pipeline poses risks to fish populations, sacred burial sites, and medicinal plant species.   Sign and send the petition: Stop the Line 5 pipeline oil tunnel project.       SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION       The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently seeking public comments on the proposed Enbridge Great Lakes Tunnel plan. This is our opportunity to say NO – we want fresh water, no new greenhouse gas emissions, and full protections of the rights and environments for Indigenous peoples !   Submit your comments now – we’ve made it easy to do. Click here to get going and remember to let them know: We do not approve of this Line 5 project!       SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION       Thanks for all you do,         Erin Tulley, Daily Kos.                                                                      Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You. We don't have billionaire backers like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting ? Chip in $5 Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible.