#ShutDownLine5

Tell EGLE and Whitmer to deny the final permit for the Line 5 oil tunnel.

As wildfire smoke from climate change covers Michigan, EGLE reissued the tunnel's wetlands and bottomlands permits, brushing aside more than 70,000 public comments opposing this project. One EGLE decision is still pending: the NPDES permit to dump construction wastewater into Lake Michigan. Tell Director Roos to deny it, and tell Governor Whitmer to keep her promise and shut down Line 5.

Mackinac Bridge shrouded in Canadian Wildfire Smoke

Group with Shut Down Line 5 t-shirts on Mackinac Island

Millions of Gallons of Lake Michigan Wastewater Per Day: Testimony Against The Proposed Line 5 Tunnel

June 23, 2026 | By Nichole Keway Biber, Jennifer Schlicht, and Emily Woodcock

The proposed Line 5 tunnel in Michigan is being sold as a reasonable replacement to the dangerous and aging twin pipelines running between Lakes Michigan and Huron in the Straits of Mackinac.It is anything but. One of the final opportunities to speak out against this fossil fuel threat in our Great Lakes is right now. Submit your comment before June 30th.

Line 5: NPDES Draft Permit – Virtual Meeting & Public Hearing

June 18, 2026 | Virtual

Enbridge is asking permission to cause irreparable damage to Lake Michigan, one of the world's most ecologically sensitive and important freshwater passages. This is one of our last chances to tell EGLE to reject Enbridge’s dangerous and unnecessary tunnel project by denying Enbridge permission to pollute the Great Lakes.

The Dirty Truth About Line 5 Tunnel Construction

June 9, 2026 | Virtual

Join Oil & Water Don't Mix and a national, bipartisan coalition to discuss protecting the Great Lakes, which hold 20% of the world's fresh surface water, from the aging Line 5 oil pipeline. We’ll discuss the local impacts of the proposed Line 5 tunnel, poised to turn the Straits of Mackinac into a multi-year industrialized construction zone.

Big Oil vs. Big Water

November 18, 2025 | Virtual

Join Oil & Water Don't Mix and a national, bipartisan coalition to discuss protecting the Great Lakes, which hold 20% of the world's fresh surface water, from the aging Line 5 oil pipeline.

Big Oil vs. Big Water How we can shut down North America's most dangerous fossil fuel pipeline 1 November 18, 7 p.m. -8:30 p.m. ET Virtual Event

Collection of letters against the Line 5 tunnel

No Line 5 Tunnel - Comment and Letter Delivery

August 26, 2025 | Lansing, MI

Clean Water Action is partnering with Oil And Water Don't Mix for a no tunnel letter and comment delivery day in Lansing! We'll be making a letter delivery to the Governor's office and displaying a batch of origami fish made as part of the Fish for Future project.