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Line 5 tunnel appeal: Join us in Lansing on March 11!

Register Now Flow Water Advocates and our allies are challenging the MPSC’s Line 5 tunnel permit in the Michigan Supreme Court, and you’re invited to a gathering and press conference in Lansing on March 11.  Join in community at Lansing’s Central United Methodist Church at 9:00am to listen to oral arguments via livestream, make posters,… tunnel-appeal-join-us-in-lansing-on-march-11/" title="ReadLine 5 tunnel appeal: Join us in Lansing on March 11!”>Read more »

Flow files reply brief in Line 5 tunnel permit case before the Michigan Supreme Court

Download Flow’s reply brief (PDF) Traverse City, Mich. — On January 23, Flow Water Advocates (“Flow”) filed its reply to the arguments raised by Enbridge Limited Energy LLC, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), and other Appellees in Flow’s Michigan Supreme Court case challenging the MPSC’s issuance of a permit to the company for its… tunnel-reply-brief/" title="ReadFlow files reply brief in Line 5 tunnel permit case before the Michigan Supreme Court”>Read more »

Michigan Supreme Court grants review of Line 5 tunnel permit

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… tunnel-permit/" title="ReadMichigan Supreme Court grants review of Line 5 tunnel permit”>Read more »

Flow, Sierra Club, and Surfrider Foundation to EGLE: Reject the Line 5 tunnel permit.

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… tunnel-permit/" title="ReadFlow, Sierra Club, and Surfrider Foundation to EGLE: Reject the Line 5 tunnel permit.”>Read more »

The Line 5 tunnel isn’t what we were told.

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… tunnel-not-what-we-were-told/" title="ReadThe Line 5 tunnel isn’t what we were told.”>Read more »

FAQs: Making public comments to EGLE on the Line 5 tunnel

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… tunnel-public-comments/" title="ReadFAQs: Making public comments to EGLE on the Line 5 tunnel“>Read more »

Flow submits written comments on Line 5 tunnel project Draft Environmental Impact Statement

June 30, 2025 Traverse City, Mich. – Today, Flow Water Advocates, a Great Lakes water protection organization, with sign-on from the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program and Surfrider Foundation, submitted written comments on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel project. The Canadian pipeline company… tunnel-army-corps-draft-eis/" title="ReadFlow submits written comments on Line 5 tunnel project Draft Environmental Impact Statement”>Read more »

Enbridge Line 5 tunnel: What every Michigander needs to know

Canadian pipeline company Enbridge wants to bore a massive fossil fuels tunnel through Straits of Mackinac. The proposed four mile tunnel would remove 364,000 cubic yards (or Download as PDF Facebook 27,000 dump truck loads) of earth and rock from the bottomlands of the Great Lakes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds that the… tunnel-what-every-michigander-needs-to-know/" title="ReadEnbridge Line 5 tunnel: What every Michigander needs to know”>Read more »

FLOW Appeals Line 5 Tunnel Permit Decision to Michigan Supreme Court

For Love of Water (FLOW), a leading Great Lakes water protection organization, along with four Michigan Tribes and other environmental advocates, have filed an Application for Leave to Appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court, challenging a decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) and a subsequent ruling by the Court of Appeals regarding Enbridge… tunnel-michigan-supreme-court/" title="ReadFLOW Appeals Line 5 Tunnel Permit Decision to Michigan Supreme Court”>Read more »

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Line 5 Tunnel Permit

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Line 5 Tunnel Permit; FLOW Asserts Michigan’s Public Trust Responsibilities   Traverse City, Mich.— For Love of Water (FLOW) participated in consolidated appeals challenging a Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) order conditionally approving Enbridge Energy’s application to replace the segment of its Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac,… tunnel-permit/" title="ReadMichigan Court of Appeals Affirms Line 5 Tunnel Permit”>Read more »