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Sierra Club Slams EGLE decision to Fast Track Dangerous Oil Tunnel
Lansing, MI--Today, the Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) issued permits to Enbridge for their dangerous and poorly planned oil tunnel, siding with a multinational oil company that is responsible for the largest inland oil spill in our country’s history.
“EGLE has abdicated its duty to protect our Great Lakes and sided with a Canadian oil company over the safety of the Great Lakes. Enbridge has an egregious safety record including responsibility for the 2010 oil spill on the Kalamazoo River and decades of violations that led Governor Whitmer to order a shut down of Line 5. Instead of supporting our Governor and Attorney General Nessel’s work to shut down line 5 safely, EGLE has allowed Enbridge to fast track these poorly planned and dangerous oil tunnel permits,” said Christy McGillivray, the Political and Legislative Director for the Michigan Chapter of Sierra Club.
The permits granted today are only part of the process that Enbridge needs to complete before construction of its disastrous oil tunnel can begin. Sierra Club will work closely with allies, including Governor Whitmer and Attorney General Nessel, to make sure that Line 5 is permanently shut down and we invest in clean renewable energy instead of poorly planned and outdated fossil fuel infrastructure.
