To the editor:
The Line 5 Great Lakes tunnel proposal was approved by Gov. Snyder in 2018, allowing Line 5 to operate until the tunnel (expected in 2030) is completed. Line 5 will earn $6 billion in the decade awaiting the tunnel — whether or not it’s built. Enbridge has a land route to the same Ontario destination, safer but less profitable.
This first-in-the-world underwater oil tunnel will be bored directly below still-operating Line 5: a dangerous undertaking that risks the Great Lakes. Michigan taxpayers must own the completed tunnel bearing responsibility for 99 years of Canadian oil heading to Ontario.
Michigan’s Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy, EGLE, is asked to evaluate the tunnel project to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan, not Enbridge profits. The Michigan Healthy Climate Plan seeks to move away from fossil fuels, not lock them in.
Watch a Feb.19 Zoom presentation to learn from the experts about the tunnel. https://www.miclimateaction. org/the_line_5_tunnel_a_false_ solution_for_michigan#rsvp. Enbridge has convinced many that the tunnel is for safety when the opposite is true.
Barbara Stamiris Elmwood Township
