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Oil & Water Don't Mix
@owdm.bsky.social
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Empowering advocates to shut down Enbridge Line 5, America's Most Dangerous Oil Pipeline.
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On October 29 @USACEHQ approved Enbridge's plans to reroute the aging Line 5 oil pipeline, a move that would put wetlands and fragile Great Lakes ecosystems in harms way. 

https://ictnews.org/news/army-corps-approves-enbridge-pipeline-reroute-around-wisconsin-reservation/
OWDM Responds to U.S. Army Corps Approval of Line 5 Reroute in Wisconsin. Tribal sovereignty and treaty rights remain under threat While the reroute proposal may remove a portion of the pipeline from tribal lands, the permit fails to address the broader problem: this decision allows continued potential impacts on Bad River Band lands and reliance on a decades-old pipeline carrying millions of gallons of crude oil and natural-gas liquids daily through sensitive ecosystems in the Great Lakes Basin. It signals a troubling pattern of fast-tracked fossil-fuel infrastructure approvals that prioritize corporate interests...
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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On this month's campaign call, we are excited to be joined by the filmmakers of Troubled Water - the film about Line 5 now streaming on PBS.com!

RSVP here: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/monthly_camp...
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A friendly reminder that Troubled Water is now streaming on PBS.org! Support public media and support a great film about the need to protect the Great Lakes.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Time to dig a grave for the Line 5 ticking time bomb - not the Great Lakes. 

#ShutDownLine5
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Let's tell Enbridge and Line 5: Bye, pumpkin!

#ShutDownLine5 #EvictEnbridge
Cartoon pumpkin with a smiling face and raised hand, surrounded by stars. Text: "Shut Down Line 5, Defend the Great Lakes."
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Move over, Sault Ste. Marie Sea Monsters... Line 5 is the real zombie threatening our Great Lakes. 

#ShutDownLine5
A zombie hand emerges from water with oil slick droplets. Text reads: "Michigan Chillers: Line 5: The Zombie Under Our Great Lakes."
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Dear Big Gretch, I wrote you, but you still ain’t callin... 

https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_watch

#ShutDownLine5 #NoLine5Tunnel #MichiganPolitics
Eminem holds a M&Ms packet, wearing a gray hoodie. Text reads: "pov: you’re eating your Halloween candy and getting ready to contact Gov. Whitmer to reject the Line 5 oil tunnel."
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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This Halloween, the only thing scarier than ghosts is Big Oil.
Vintage black and white séance with people around a table with their hands splayed out on it. Text: "We don't need a séance. We need a shutdown of Line 5."
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Is Line 5 the real lake monster this Halloween? 🎃 With the threat of an oil spill haunting the Great Lakes, it's like a horror story - but we have the power to shut it down.

Don't let an environmental nightmare unfold.

Learn more and join the fight.

#ShutDownLine5
A diver examines an underwater oil pipeline with text reading, "Nothing sends a chill down my spine like the threat of an oil spill from Line 5..." Image is black and white, has a cobweb border frame and has white, green and blue OWDM logo at bottom
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Oh yeah we definitely are
News article headline: "The real test: Scaling fast enough to meet this voracious appetite, while keeping energy reliable and affordable" Dated Oct 14, 2025 By Pete Sheffield, Vice President of External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Enbridge
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Shutting down Line 5 is as much an imaginative problem as it is a legal one. Let's consider what life would be like if this ticking time bomb was never built.

Want to learn more? Check out our new blog post via The Current: open.substack.com/pub/thecurre...

#ShutDownLine5 #GreatLakes
A forest path surrounded by trees. Text: "Paths Taken and Not Taken. The Line 5 pipeline through the Great Lakes was never inevitable. What if our future isn't either?" Follow us on Substack: TheCurrentOWDM.substack.com.
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Contacting Governor Whitmer to express your opposition to the Line 5 oil tunnel project is super easy... All you need to do is head to OWDM Decision Watch HQ: https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_watch
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Our monthly campaign call is happening on Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET. If you've been wondering recently how you can get more involved in the movement to shut down Line 5, this is the perfect opportunity for you! 

RSVP: https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/monthly_campaign_call_20251014
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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ICYMI: Troubled Water, a documentary about Line 5, is airing and streaming on PBS across the country right now! 

Want to tune in? Head to https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/troubled_water_on_pbs_nationwide.
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A catastrophe during construction of the Line 5 oil tunnel is just one screw-up away from eliminating jobs in tourism, recreation and fishing, closing vital shipping routes, and contaminating the drinking water supply for 40 million people living in the United States and Canada.
Collage of Michigan scenes highlighting tourism and small businesses, including Gov. Whitmer wearing Shepler's Ferry gear during a site visit. Text: "Michigan's economy runs on clean water. Tourism and small business are the backbone. Don’t gamble them for the Line 5 oil tunnel."
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Step one: Honor the treaties. 
Step two: Follow science. 
Step three: Shut down Line 5.
Protesters, including a child on shoulders, hold a "HONOUR THE TREATY" banner, advocating for tribal sovereignty. Text on the image says "Respect Tribal sovereignty and science. Reject the Line 5 tunnel."
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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yo viendo cómo todavía quieren hacer el túnel de la línea 5... 

https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_watch
Bad Bunny looking at his phone with his mouth open. Text reads, "me emailing gov. whitmer to reject the line 5 oil tunnel." Logo: "Oil & Water Don't Mix."
October 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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We've got news that's going to make you want to grab a paddle and celebrate: Troubled Water is coming to PBS stations across the entire country!

Learn more: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/troubled_wat...

#ShutDownLine5
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Testimony continues this week in the administrative lawsuit against the Wisconsin DNR to reject the Enbridge Line 5 tunnel reroute scheme. 

#ShutDownLine5 https://www.wuwm.com/enbridge-line-5-pipeline-wisconsin-hearings
Breaking news headline about final court days for Enbridge Line 5 pipeline near Lake Superior, dated Sept 29, 2025. Source: WUWM 87.9 Milwaukee. “If there was a release of any oil, it would affect a lot of what we have in front of us here today, and more,” Robert Blanchard, tribal chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. “I can’t overstate how the Kakagon Sloughs is an internationally recognized wetland with wild rice beds that no one else has, no other tribe, no other place has these beds. This is a unique location. And in my opinion, this permit does not go far enough to protect what is at risk,” Alice Thompson says.
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We stand in solidarity with Tribal Nations across the Great Lakes fighting Enbridge's Line 5, including the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa as the tribe challenges the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' permitting approval of the proposed Line 5 pipeline reroute.
September 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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ZIP code 48217 in Southwest Detroit isn't usually what comes to mind when you think of Line 5 - but it should be. 

Read why here: https://thecurrentowdm.substack.com/p/the-other-end-of-line-5
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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It's #ClimateWeekNYC this week - and we're here in the Big Apple to spread awareness about the campaign to #ShutDownLine5!
Collage graphic with postcard of protesters alongside Statue of Liberty hold signs against Line 5. Text reads: "From Manhattan to the Midwest, the call to shut down North America's most dangerous fossil fuel pipeline gets louder!"
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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BIG FREAKING NEWS: The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear two consequential cases on Line 5. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2025/09/19/michigan-court-will-hear-challenge-to-enbridge-great-lakes-tunnel/86240449007/
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The answer may surprise you for how much the Line 5 oil tunnel would cost in terms of climate damages. 

We must confront these potential damages to our Great Lakes way of life. 

#ShutDownLine5 #GreatLakes #NoLine5OilTunnel
Neon graphic with "Line 5 Trivia!" asks about the cost of Line 5 in terms of climate damages until 2070. Swipe to learn more at oilandwaterdontmix.org. Line 5 Trivia! Answer: $41 billion. Source: Peter Erickson, Stockholm Environmental Institute and Peter Howard, NYU School of Law.
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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.@GovWhitmer can be an #EnvironmentalHero by rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel! 🦸‍♀️🌊 🏞️

Protecting the Great Lakes is more than a choice; it's our duty. Contact her now: https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/no_oil_tunnel

#CleanWater #GreatLakes #ShutDownLine5
September 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM