Line 5 Activism Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/line-5-activism/ Groundwork Center Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/groundworkcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-groundwork-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Line 5 Activism Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/line-5-activism/ 32 32 223860040 End of the Line: Great Lakes over Big Oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16541 Please join Groundwork and our statewide coalition partners for an in-person and live-streamed event on June 4th, 2025. Together, we’ll hear from key experts—like international tunnel expert Brian O’Mara—about the latest on Line 5, plus learn ways you can take action at this critical moment.  The federal administration has fast-tracked the Line 5 tunnel permit […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/feed/ 0 16541 Letter to the editor writing party! Stop Line 5. https://groundworkcenter.org/letter-to-the-editor-writing-party-stop-line-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-to-the-editor-writing-party-stop-line-5 https://groundworkcenter.org/letter-to-the-editor-writing-party-stop-line-5/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:47:10 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16141 Happy New Year! My name is Lyla Hollis, and I’m thrilled to introduce myself as the new Line 5 Contractor with Groundwork. It’s an honor to join this community of passionate advocates working to protect our Great Lakes, our communities, and our climate future by working together to shut down Line 5. Together, we can […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/letter-to-the-editor-writing-party-stop-line-5/feed/ 0 16141 Sovereignty, treaties and the dark legacy of oil’s impact on Indigenous people https://groundworkcenter.org/sovereignty-treaties-and-the-dark-legacy-of-oils-impact-on-indigenous-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sovereignty-treaties-and-the-dark-legacy-of-oils-impact-on-indigenous-people https://groundworkcenter.org/sovereignty-treaties-and-the-dark-legacy-of-oils-impact-on-indigenous-people/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:31:02 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15943 Based on transcript of comments by Holly T. Bird, as edited by Jeff Smith Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024, we are sharing thoughts from Holly T. Bird, an attorney/activist who is a descendant of the Apache / Yaqui (Durango Community) / Purepecha Tribe and lives here in Northern Michigan. Holly also served as the Executive Director of the Water […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/sovereignty-treaties-and-the-dark-legacy-of-oils-impact-on-indigenous-people/feed/ 0 15943 Thank you for staying in the ring to fight Line 5 https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5 https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:19:40 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15778 At our “Tunnel Vision” event a few months back, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Dan Bock was fresh from presenting in the federal courthouse in Cincinnati, arguing that the state’s Line 5 case should be heard in Michigan state courts, not federal.  During the Tunnel Vision panel discussion, Bock reflected on the day in court, especially on the […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/thank-you-for-staying-in-the-ring-to-fight-line-5/feed/ 0 15778 Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:42:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15562 Hello! We asked our panelists at the Line 5 Tunnel Vision event to provide written answers to your questions submitted in the online comments during the event and they graciously said they’d be happy to oblige. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to helping shut down Line 5 and stop the tunnel, and many thanks […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/feed/ 0 15562 Stream Line 5 Panel Discussion ‘Tunnel Vision’ Recording https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 19:13:06 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15459 We’re writing today to encourage you to watch the complete video of our recent panel discussion, titled Tunnel Vision, which explored the many serious flaws in the proposed Line 5 oil tunnel. The brief 2-minute clip at the top of this email will give you a terrific sense for how important it is that we all know the […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/feed/ 0 15459 Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:27:11 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15355 The post Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/feed/ 0 15355 Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why. https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:06:21 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15105 This Groundwork op-ed first published in the Detroit Free Press. The oil company Enbridge wants to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel beneath the lake, and the Michigan Public Service Commission recently signed off on this plan, issuing Enbridge a site permit. Encasing Line 5 in concrete and burying […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/feed/ 0 15105 Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, 2024, Learn, Take Action! https://groundworkcenter.org/line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25 https://groundworkcenter.org/line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:03:50 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=14948 2024 promises to be a monumental year in the fight to shut down Line 5. Learn how you can up the odds that we can finally terminate the terrible and unnecessary risk of this antique pipeline with its rickety, stop-gap engineering that's threatening our greatest natural resources. Stop by The Workshop Brewing Company, 221 Garland St., Traverse City, 530 to […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25/feed/ 0 14948 AG Nessel Tours Solar Site, Talks With Business Leaders and Climate Advocates https://groundworkcenter.org/ag-nessel-tours-solar-site-talks-with-business-leaders-and-climate-advocates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ag-nessel-tours-solar-site-talks-with-business-leaders-and-climate-advocates https://groundworkcenter.org/ag-nessel-tours-solar-site-talks-with-business-leaders-and-climate-advocates/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:23:42 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=13989 Photos by Beth Price unless noted. We at Groundwork, along with our colleagues at Great Lakes Business Network and League of Conservation Voters, were honored to recently host Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for a tour of a solar energy installation west of Traverse City. The event was more conversation than speechmaking and offered the […]

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