After a year of maintenance, (click here) a U.S. Coast Guard vessel arrived in Duluth on Wednesday that will break up ice for ships moving through Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan. The vessel’s arrival comes as Congressional lawmakers are pushing for another heavy icebreaker on the Great Lakes.
The 225-foot Coast Guard cutter Spar ended its journey from Baltimore after undergoing repairs. The vessel was commissioned in 2001, built in Marinette, Wisconsin, and originally based in Kodiak, Alaska. The vessel replaces the Coast Guard cutter Alder, which left the port last summer for maintenance before being transferred to San Francisco.
As the Spar transited the Great Lakes, Coast Guard Lt. Commander Joel Wright said his crew encountered thick ice in Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior after passing through the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan....
Corruption in plain sight. That is what placed Americans on the path to the climate crisis. Everytime the USA Congress, dating back two decades attempted to approach the greenhouse gases pollution, there was obstruction after obstruction to benefit the petroleum industry.
100 million Americans.
100,000,000 Americans.
100 million Americans are a third of the USA population!
April 12, 2022
By Alex Sosnowski
Anti-science politics is the MOST dangerous of tactics for elections.
The anti-science paradigm employed by the GOP for elections HAS CAUSED the outbreak of COVID-19 and uncontrolled spread. It has caused the climate crisis which should have been addressed decades ago and it imperils American lives in national security.
These very dangerous politics are practiced by the GOP. The country needs to stop being stupid about the hubris that gets Republicans elected.
Let's not forget gun violence.