<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear friends,</div><div>Greta Thunberg has told us and the world that "Our house is on fire". </div><div><img src="cid:ii_l0x8zb3x0" alt="image.png" width="92" height="101" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div>Yet we continue to pump oil to increase the heat that feeds that fire.</div><div>The Enbridge Line 5 pumps about 22 millions gallon/day (540,000 barrel/day).</div><div>1 barrel of crude when processed and consumed generates about a 1/2 ton of CO2.</div><div>As such Line 5 operation is pumping in excess of 270,000 tons of CO2 daily into our atmosphere.</div><div><br></div><div>The Wisconsin DNR is currently taking comments on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which could allow replacement of sections of the 69 year old pipeline. Many of us believe it is time to stop putting bandaids on this old pipe and shut it down. The Canadian company that owns the pipeline and a few of our Wisconsin politicians, wants to keep it running far past its design life.</div><div><br></div><div>If you share my concerns, and those of the 11 <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 10 other Wisconsin tribes Ho-Chunk Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation, Forest County Potawatomi, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior, </span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Lato,sans-serif">Chippewa, St. Croix Chippewa, Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake), and Stockbridge-Munsee, please consider reviewing the issue and forwarding your comments.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><b>Send comments by email to <a href="mailto:DNROEEACOMMENTS@WI.GOV" target="_blank">DNROEEACOMMENTS@WI.GOV</a> </b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><b>or by U.S. mail to "Line 5 EIS Comments, DNR (EA/7)," 101 South Webster Street, Madison, WI 53707. </b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><b>All written comments must be emailed or postmarked no later than Friday, April 15, 2022.</b></span><b><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Sierra Club - Article on Line 5 <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/wisconsin/line-5" target="_blank">Sierra Club explanation of issues on line-5</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wisconsin Examiner Article - <a href="https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/02/04/enbridge-line-5-spurs-10-hour-hearing-over-140-people-speak-against-pipeline/" target="_blank">Synopsis of Line 5 issues in Wisconsin</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wisconsin DNR website - <a href="https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/EIA/Enbridge.html">https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/EIA/Enbridge.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>You should also be aware that the DNR is currently under the control of a renegade NRB being run by a Scott Walker appointee who has refused to step down because he wants to keep Republican control over the NRB. The State Senate is complicit in this and has refused to hold meetings to approve the current governor's appointees.</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Ray Grosch</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">MFE Committee</font></div></div><div id="m_1357812255630700833DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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