UPPCO works hard in area
This week’s Bouquet goes to the local Upper Peninsula Power Company employees — From Dan and Gay Kleikamp, Ford River: On Feb. 17, our power was out for seven hours. The lady who took our emergency call was friendly, caring and explained the situation. After several hours she gave us an update. We thank and appreciate the hardworking men who work in terrible, dangerous weather to restore our power. Unless you've been without power for several hours, you don't realize you can do nothing without it. To UPPCO local employees, we appreciate all you do.
Public health hanging in the balance under RFK Jr.
Almost 250 years ago, George Washington created America’s first mass immunization mandate, relying on science to protect public health. Oh, how times have changed. Back then, smallpox had just helped end the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada. Despite making it all the way to Quebec, thousands of soldiers contracted the disease. Washington feared the same would happen to his own troops, fresh from their surprise victories at Trenton and Princeton. As Washington wrote at the time, “Necessity not only authorizes but seems to require the measure, for should the disorder infect ...
US in reverse regarding the global climate crisis
Devastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the U.S. that cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated total loss of $115 billion. The past three years have shattered previous records for such events. Scientists earlier this month said that we are closer than ever to the point after which global heating cannot be stopped. Yet Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, recently announced the elimination of the Obama-era endangerment finding that underpins ...