Gretchen Whitmer is Working with Jennifer Granholm and Joe Biden to Shut Down Line 5, Raise Energy Costs Gretchen Whitmer is Working with Jennifer Granholm and Joe Biden to Shut Down Line 5, Raise Energy Costs - Michigan Rising Action

Gretchen Whitmer is Working with Jennifer Granholm and Joe Biden to Shut Down Line 5, Raise Energy Costs

Gretchen Whitmer is Working with Jennifer Granholm and Joe Biden to Shut Down Line 5, Raise Energy Costs

November 8, 2021

Lansing, Mich., November 8, 2021 – As the weather gets colder and gas and heating costs continue to rise, the Biden administration is attempting to shut down the Line 5 pipeline at the request of Gov. Whitmer. It was revealed last month that Whitmer brought up shutting down the pipeline during a call with fellow Midwestern Governor’s at the White House. With energy costs up 50% across the state, the White House announced today that the Army Corps of Engineers has begun studying the impacts of a Line 5 shutdown.

Before today’s press conference, the Biden administration had already conceded that it would cost families more to keep homes warm this winter than the last. Several failed Joe Biden policies have led to this moment, including his wasteful spending plans leading to inflation or reckless shutdowns of oil pipelines. Fox News reports:

“Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Biden’s energy secretary, predicted Sunday that heating prices will rise this winter regardless of the Biden administration’s decision on the pipeline. ‘Yeah, this is going to happen. It will be more expensive this year than last year.’”

As Gretchen Whitmer, Jennifer Granholm, and Joe Biden work in concert to shut down Line 5, it seems that the people of Michigan are getting left behind in their quest to appease the liberal environmental lobby. For many Michigan families living paycheck to paycheck in Joe Biden’s economy, the idea of energy and or gas prices getting any higher is unaffordable and frightening.

Whitmer now has President Biden helping in her effort to shut down Line 5, and Michigan residents are left wondering what thought was given to this idea at all. Gas prices in Michigan are creeping towards $4 a gallon, and it will be more expensive than ever to heat our homes. Not to mention the profound adverse effects a Line 5 shut down would have on Michigan’s infrastructure, international relations with Canada, and even the environment.

“Gretchen Whitmer and the Biden administration are making it unaffordable for Michigan families to fill their gas tanks and heat their homes,” said Eric Ventimiglia, Executive Director for Michigan Rising Action. Ventimiglia continued, “The effort to shut down Line 5 is short-sighted, and would put immense financial pressure on families across the state. Shutting down Line 5 would create a humanitarian crisis and exacerbate the dire economic conditions created by the Democrats’ failed policies.”

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