The Extend of Oil and Gas Drilling in Michigan

Unbelievable - if you project all oil and gas well records (including dry holes) onto a map of Michigan - almost no place in the lower peninsula is really 100% untouched, clean, and pristine. Where is PURE MICHIGAN?

Oil & Water Don't Mix: A Rally for the Great Lakes

A million gallons of poisonous tar sands oil ruined part of the Kalamazoo River as it spilled from a poorly maintained pipeline owned and operated by Enbridge Energy. Enbridge, the same company with over 800 pipeline spills since 1999, has also been pumping oil through two sixty year old pipelines that run through the Straits of Mackinac. Now, they are planning to drastically increase the capacity to pump even more oil through the Straits – which could include the most toxic and corrosive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada.

More Info under: http://oilandwaterdontmix.com/

A bus is organized to leave from Ann Arbor: http://bit.ly/OilandWater_A2Bus

Michigan Significant Pipeline Incidents Listing

http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/safety/IncDetSt_st_MI_flt_sig.html?nocache=2672#_all

Showing quite a high incident of material, welding, equipment failure (MAT'L/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE) - and these are leaks that were detected. Leaks in the small diameter pipes going 3 feet deep into the soil between Heritage Park and the Witt Farm (approx. 1 mile long!!) will not be easily detected. Standard checkups for some of the pipe segments will not be done before 6 years - and not for the entire length...