DOWNLOAD: Flow Water Advocates, Sierra Club, and Surfrider Foundation comments on Line 5 Tunnel Project Supplemental Draft EIS on the HDD Installation Alternative Traverse City, Mich. — On December 5, Flow Water Advocates (Flow), a Great Lakes water protection organization, in partnership with the Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation (known collectively as the Water Coalition),… line-5-tunnel-horiztonal-directional-drilling-usace/" title="ReadComments on Army Corps’ Line 5 Supplemental DEIS considering Horizontal Directional Drilling”>Read more »
Five years ago, on November 13, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Natural Resources revoked and terminated the 1953 easement that had allowed Enbridge to locate and operate its dual Line 5 pipelines on the lakebed and in the waters of the Straits of Mackinac. As public trustee and fiducidary, the state… line-5-easement-5-years-later/" title="ReadMichigan revoked the Line 5 easement 5 years ago. What happens next?”>Read more »
November 17, 2025 [ DOWNLOAD: Flow Water Advocates Brief on Appeal (PDF) ] Traverse City, Mich. — Flow Water Advocates (“Flow”) has filed a brief in its appeal of the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to approve a permit for Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Flow’s appeal will… line-5-brief-with-the-michigan-supreme-court/" title="ReadFlow Water Advocates files Line 5 brief with the Michigan Supreme Court.”>Read more »
Download this guide (PDF) Writing a Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper is a great way to keep the Line 5 pipeline issue front and center, and educate our communities and elected officials about the threat Line 5 poses, and why we need to shut down Line 5. First, know your newspaper’s guidelines:… line-5-letter-to-the-editor/" title="ReadHow to write a great Line 5 letter to the editor”>Read more »
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2025 Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan Supreme Court has granted a landmark application for leave to appeal, paving the way for a review of the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) decision to approve a permit for Enbridge’s proposed oil pipeline tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac. This order, issued on… line-5-tunnel-permit/" title="ReadMichigan Supreme Court grants review of Line 5 tunnel permit”>Read more »
PRESS RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 Download the written comments to EGLE (PDF) Traverse City, Mich. – On August 29, 2025, Flow Water Advocates, a Great Lakes water protection organization, together with the Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation, submitted written comments on Enbridge’s application for a Water Resources Permit for its proposed Line 5 tunnel project… line-5-tunnel-permit/" title="ReadFlow, Sierra Club, and Surfrider Foundation to EGLE: Reject the Line 5 tunnel permit.”>Read more »
Line 5 – the 72-year-old dual pipelines suspended across the bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac – has been battered by anchor strikes and entangled by cables from passing ships. It is universally accepted that the exposed pipelines represent a clear and present danger to the Great Lakes and the regional economy should Line 5… line-5-tunnel-not-what-we-were-told/" title="ReadThe Line 5 tunnel isn’t what we were told.”>Read more »
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is taking public comments on Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 pipeline tunnel through August 29, 2025. The State of Michigan now has the power to deny the tunnel permit, and protect the Great Lakes from years of construction upheaval, wetlands damage, and other risks. Submit your… line-5-tunnel-public-comments/" title="ReadFAQs: Making public comments to EGLE on the Line 5 tunnel”>Read more »
July 1, 2025Kacey Cook, Flow Staff Attorney In June 2024, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision to send Attorney General Dana Nessel’s 2019 suit Nessel v. Enbridge back to state court where it started. The Sixth Circuit held that Enbridge’s removal of AG Nessel’s lawsuit to federal court, more than two… line-5-appeal-scotus/" title="ReadEnbridge appeals Line 5 decision to U.S. Supreme Court: Our statement”>Read more »
