[Lekooks] Wisconsin's own Enbridge pipeline issue

[Ray Grosch]

Dear friends,
Greta Thunberg has told us and the world that "Our house is on fire".
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Yet we continue to pump oil to increase the heat that feeds that fire.
The Enbridge Line 5 pumps about 22 millions gallon/day (540,000 barrel/day).
1 barrel of crude when processed and consumed generates about a 1/2 ton of
CO2.
As such Line 5 operation is pumping in excess of 270,000 tons of CO2 daily
into our atmosphere.

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.

If you share my concerns, and those of the 11 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, Chippewa, St. Croix
Chippewa, Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake), and Stockbridge-Munsee, please
consider reviewing the issue and forwarding your comments.

*Send comments by email to DNROEEACOMMENTS at WI.GOV <DNROEEACOMMENTS at WI.GOV> *
*or by U.S. mail to "Line 5 EIS Comments, DNR (EA/7)," 101 South Webster
Street, Madison, WI 53707. *
*All written comments must be emailed or postmarked no later than Friday,
April 15, 2022.*

Sierra Club - Article on Line 5  Sierra Club explanation of issues on line-5
<https://www.sierraclub.org/wisconsin/line-5>

Wisconsin Examiner Article - Synopsis of Line 5 issues in Wisconsin
<https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/02/04/enbridge-line-5-spurs-10-hour-hearing-over-140-people-speak-against-pipeline/>

Wisconsin DNR website - https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/EIA/Enbridge.html

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.
-- 
Ray Grosch
MFE Committee

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