POLAR website launched
The non-profit legal defense fund POLAR (Protect Our Land and Rights) has launched its new website. Concerned citizens are invited to join and donate. Check them out here.
The non-profit legal defense fund POLAR (Protect Our Land and Rights) has launched its new website. Concerned citizens are invited to join and donate. Check them out here.
[We received the following appeal to residents of Livingston County from POLAR and attorney Gary Field. Plaintiffs are needed for an action to suspend Enbridge’s construction activities pending complete approval of the project]:
“A newly formed non-profit organization – Protect Our Land and Rights (“POLAR”) Legal Defense Fund – has voted to support the filing of complaint in Livingston County Circuit Court to seek a Temporary Restraining Order and a Preliminary Injunction, requiring Enbridge to halt all construction in Livingston County.
The basis of the argument is rather simple. Enbridge is building a pipeline from one end of the state to the other end of the state. They are starting in Livingston County – which is in the middle. However, Enbridge doesn’t have the approvals it needs to connect the pipe on either end. Enbridge should not be allowed to simply assume that it will be able to obtain all needed approvals – especially where the unobtained approvals are substantial and numerous.
The complaint will focus on five points:
Enbridge should not be allowed to disrupt peoples’ lives and take their property to install a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere. We need a Temporary Restraining Order and issuance of a preliminary injunction.
This effort will be financially supported by POLAR Legal Defense Fund. It is very important that we have landowners sign on as plaintiffs. Without plaintiffs, we can’t file the complaint and seek an injunction. If there are landowners who have not yet reached a deal with Enbridge and are willing participate and help the cause, they should contact me at glfield@fieldlawgroup.com.
-Gary”
We’re excited to announce the formation of an important new advocacy group. Created by concerned Michigan landowners, the mission of the non-profit organization POLAR (Protect Our Land And Rights) is to provide assistance to landowners facing condemnation of their property. POLAR seeks to defend such landowners from companies that are seeking to take their land for purposes that may be harmful to the environment. POLAR’s first major undertaking is to defend landowners against Enbridge’s efforts in Michigan to construct an additional pipeline through Michigan to transport Tar Sands from Canada.
POLAR will have a website up very soon. Stay tuned for that link and more details about their important activities.