Shut Down Line 5! – Submit Comments Now to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by July 5, 2024

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD

Written Comments to the US Army Corps due July 5, 2024 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Regulatory Division, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E1500, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678

Email by 11:59 pm Central Time on July 5, 2024, to: CEMVP-WiL5R-CDD-Comments@usace.army.mil

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Here is Dena Eakles’s statement from Ashland on June 4, 2024 – about Line 5 – to the US Army Corps re: Enbridge:

There comes a time when clear thinking people must admit that the course of exploitation and usury is no longer viable. And when those people come to that conclusion, it’s vital they ensure a change of course that is just, equitable and sound. Make no mistake that’s why many of us are here or writing to you – and our resistance is growing and will continue to grow.

Both the current Line 5 and the proposed Line 5 expansion pose potential threats to drinking water and ecosystems. Both violate tribal rights. Line 5 is operating nearly 20 years past its lifespan. And we know, the Great Lakes hold 95 percent of the surface freshwater in the United States. A pipeline breach will be catastrophic.

These facts alone should be enough to end the discussion and the existence of Line 5 and its reroute. But too many of us still believe the propaganda of the oil industry and are frightened about a change of course.

You, (the U.S. Army Corp). have an enormous responsibility: to provide stop gap measures and allow clear thinking to prevail. By ordering a federal Environmental Impact Statement for all portions of Line 5 within your jurisdiction, you can educate the public on the true risks of the pipeline.

By reviewing Enbridge’s record of misrepresenting risks, violating permits, spilling oil, and covering up environmental damage you can counter the lack of oversight and enforcement that has allowed injustices to prevail.

You have the opportunity and the responsibility to reverse the lack of knowledge that has led to this needless destruction of our environment.

Line 5 threatens the entire region. Shutting down Line 5 would create the opportunity for all of us to justly transition to safer, more sustainable energy.

As I said before our resistance is growing and will continue to grow.

Please help us. Thank you. Dena.eakles@gmail.com (contact for Echo Valley Hope)