Oil and Water Don’t Mix, a nonprofit group opposing Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, is leading student efforts across the Upper Great Lakes to advocate for its shutdown. The campaign includes eight Michigan universities, with schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Canada. Opponents argued the aging pipeline, running through the Straits of Mackinac, poses a catastrophic environmental risk if a spill occurs.

With their mayor at the helm, the city of Ann Arbor is working toward carbon neutrality by 2030. Severe weather in Michigan has strained budgets and put lives and properties at risk. In response, local leaders highlighted Ann Arbor’s climate actions to transition to clean energy through the A2ZERO plan.

Indigenous water protectors and allies met at Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac last week, to spotlight the dangers of the 71-year-old Line 5, deemed North America’s riskiest crude oil pipeline. Headlined by the nonprofit Oil and Water Don’t Mix, the protests featured two main events: The “Pipe Out Paddle Up” in St. Ignace which showcased a flotilla against Enbridge’s Line 5 oil spill risk, followed by the “Water is Life Festival” in Petoskey, celebrating local music and advocacy for ending Line 5’s threat.

Michigan environmental justice group Citizens’ Resistance at Fermi Two did not get everything on its wish list. Still, the group is celebrating long-awaited changes to the permit for DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant. The facility's new permit now includes what environmental groups called important safeguards.