Clean Water Action Renews Call for Michigan Gov. Whitmer to Revoke Line 5 Easement Immediately
July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Clean Water Action issued the following statement by Sean McBrearty, Michigan legislative and policy director:
"Last week, Governor Whitmer asked Enbridge Inc., to provide financial assurance mechanisms as well as an insurance policy for the Line 5 pipeline that names the state of Michigan as coinsured. We know that nothing will protect the Great Lakes from an increasingly likely Line 5 oil spill short of revoking Enbridge's easement, but at the very leas . . .
"Last week, Governor Whitmer asked Enbridge Inc., to provide financial assurance mechanisms as well as an insurance policy for the Line 5 pipeline that names the state of Michigan as coinsured. We know that nothing will protect the Great Lakes from an increasingly likely Line 5 oil spill short of revoking Enbridge's easement, but at the very leas . . .