09/22/2025
BREAKING: The Michigan Supreme Court will hear the challenge to the proposed Line 5 oil tunnel project!
This is a major step forward for Tribal Nations and climate justice advocates who have fought since 2023 to hold the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) accountable for approving Enbridge’s dangerous oil tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
“The tunnel project and the dual pipelines are just two versions of one terrible idea that threatens to destroy our clean water, our fishing, and our way of life for the sake of Canadian profits,” said Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle. “Our choice is not between the dual pipelines and the tunnel. Our choice is between an oil spill in the Great Lakes and a clean water future for our children and grandchildren to enjoy. We simply want government officials to consider the safest, cheapest, and most common-sense alternative: Decommission Line 5.”
The Straits of Mackinac — the heart of the Great Lakes and home to treaty-protected, sovereign Tribal Nations — are too important to risk for oil company profits. The Great Lakes hold 20% of the world’s surface fresh water and provide clean drinking water to 40 million people. Protecting this water, these communities, and our planet is a shared responsibility.
For more details, see the Earthjustice press release here: bit.ly/46daft9
WECAN is honored to facilitate the Indigenous Women’s Treaty Alliance, a working group of frontline Indigenous women working together to advocate for the decommissioning of the current Line 5 pipeline and to stop the advancement of all proposed expansions and reroutes. WECAN remains unwavering in our commitment to shut down Line 5 permanently and protect communities, water, and our global climate!