Great Lakes

This is will be located at the front of the Capitol building, on the right side. One our last chances to tell Congress to #RetireLine5 before winter comes. Dates may change, keep updated and keep sharing!! Bring your own drinks and food please!!

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The quarterly meeting of the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) presents a chance to voice your public comment on the inaction of the Snyder/Schuette administration on Line 5.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – public comment period
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. – lunch
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – remainder of meeting agenda

The meeting takes place at the Causeway Bay Lansing Hotel and Conference Center, Ballroom F-J.

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You are invited to a community-based summit of Michigan, Ontario and Indigenous residents opposing commodification and privatization of water, and honoring water sovereignty. Featured keynotes, panels and workshops will address how bottled water turns commons into commodities and how Great Lakes peoples can shift water ownership into guardianship and uphold the human right to clean water.

Join the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Representative Terry J. Sabo, and additional experts for an educational evening to discuss the state of water quality here in Michigan.

We will look in-depth at some of the threats facing our clean water and the Great Lakes, from proposed cuts to Great Lakes funding to the status of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, and more.

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Every year since 1958, people from all walks of life walk the Mackinaw Bridge on Labor Day. This will be a great day to show solidarity that Line 5 needs to be removed from the Mackinac Straits. This pipeline was built in 1953-it needs to retire!
They won't allow signs or banners to be carried so we have to get creative, like writing a message on a t-shirt. Please share your ideas and join us🌞💧we will be meeting on the St Ignace side of the bridge. 6:30am. Walk begins at 7am

Join us at the Labor Day Bridge Walk - walk together in solidarity for shutting down Line 5, or help pass out stickers to raise awareness of the risky Line 5 pipeline.

We encourage you to RSVP at the OWDM website - let us know if you will be walking (starting at 9:00 am) or helping to pass out "I Walked the Bridge next to the Risky Line 5 Pipeline" stickers (1-hour shifts starting at 8:30 am at the finish line).

RSVP here: http://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/labor_day_bridge_walk_2017

Let's tell Enbridge, the State of Michigan, and the City of Grand Rapids that our mission is decommission - SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

We learned at our 7/26 rally that 70% of Michiganders don't know what Enbridge Line 5 is. Are you in the 70%?

National rally and protest of Enbridge Line 5.

Kayakers needed to create a flotilla, carry signs, and float under and around the mackinac bridge pipeline.

Land-based rally and protest at locations TBA in Mackinaw City and St Ignace.

For more info, email pipeout2015@gmail.com or call 231-487-8117

On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/674698635906921/

We've been focusing intensively on the fight to shut down line 5. At this meeting, we'll discuss getting local municipalities on board with the Ready for 100 campaign, (committing to 100% renewable energy in a certain time frame.) There will also be an intro to Citizens Climate Lobby and their efforts to get Congress to enact a carbon fee. There are usually cookies and snacks at this meeting. :-)

The GRWP is hosting a Saturday as part of the ongoing direct actions against Enbridge Line 5 at McGulpin Point Lighthouse.

Bring a dish to pass (nothing involving alcohol, please), signs and banners letting Enbridge know how you feel about Line 5, and a spirit of enjoying good food, good company, and a healthy Great Lakes ecosystem.

Is Mackinaw City a little far for a day trip? Yeah, for us, too, which is why we're planning to camp for the weekend. PM Grand Rapids Water Protectors for more information.