URGENT: Solidarity Action and Call to Shut Down Line 5
Saturday May 27, 2023 Noon-4
Press Conference at 1:00
Hwy 2 Bridge at Bad River Crossing
“At this moment, just one more storm could expose the oil pipeline to the river’s current, and we could experience a release of oil akin to what happened in the Yellowstone River in 2011 or the Arkansas River in 2013.” – Mike Wiggins Jr., Bad River Tribal Chair
Citizens and allies across the Great Lakes are coming together Memorial Day Weekend in solidarity and prayer for the imminent danger of an Enbridge Line 5 pipeline rupture at the Bad River. We are demanding that President Biden, Governor Evers, & Attorney Josh Kaul save the Great Lakes by the immediate Shut Down of Line 5. Allies welcome to join us through the weekend. A public press conference with allies will be held at 1:00.
The Line 5 pipeline is a few yards from imminent catastrophe at the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Springtime flooding and erosion have caused the Bad River to come within 5 feet of the pipeline (down from 320 feet in 1963). Over one month, more than half the remaining riverbank has disappeared. The nexrainfall event could cause a “guillotine rupture” – a vertical break causing oil to gush from both sides, poisoning Mashkiiziibii (Bad River) and Gichigami (Lake Superior).
CALL
President Biden has the authority to make the call to Shut down Line 5
Phone: 1-202-456-1111
Twitter: https://bit.ly/StopLine5
Governor Evers may have the authority to make an emergency/crisis call
Phone: 608-266-1212
Twitter: https://bit.ly/StopLine5
Public support of Line 5 Shutdown to Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources
Email to: NRDirector@badriver-nsn.gov