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Line 5 tunnel protects environment, keeps energy flowing

To the Journal editor: As a local resident and Enbridge employee, I understand the concerns of our community regarding energy infrastructure, particularly when it comes to the Great Lakes. I want to encourage my neighbors that Enbridge is committed to the safety and environmental protection of our region while providing the reliable energy Michigan and the surrounding areas depend on daily. The Great Lakes Tunnel project represents a solution that prioritizes both energy security and environmental protection. This tunnel places a new section of Line 5, in the tunnel, safely beneath ...

Harm done

To the Journal editor: Please contact all those in the U.S. Congress to stop President Trump and Elon Musk. They are damaging all programs, which harms each of us and also others in the world. Thank you.

You can’t make this stuff up

To the Journal editor: The coastal breeze was a warm embrace for the meeting of two men. Bosses, king-pins, with similar beliefs, experience and swagger. Both had been top dog and both had been dethroned. Both clawed their way back to once again sit as a godfather to an organized mob. Of the two, the old man held much more power, but he still idealized his younger counterpart, Viktor. In his country, Hungary, they call him the Viktator. You see, Viktor Orban had managed to beat down a democracy and replace it with an authoritarian regime. His regime. He repressed minorities, ...

Helping them to help others

To the Journal editor: The Negaunee St. Vincent de Paul food bank would like to thank the many organizations and individuals for their generous donations used in the preparation and distribution of Christmas dinner baskets and gifts for children in the Negaunee and Palmer area this year. We filled 36 family baskets for a total of 104 people, 67 adults and 37 children. We could not have completed this wonderful mission without your support. ≤ An Extra Set of Hands ≤ Bethany Lutheran Church ≤ Community ...

Line 5 not needed

To the Journal editor: I am writing to urge others to support the closing of Enbridge’s Line 5. This 640 mile long, fossil fuel pipeline, built in 1953, has outlasted its projected life. The potential for failure of this aged structure is a danger to the land it traverses and the Great Lakes downstream of where it crosses the Mackinaw Straits. Given there are renewable energy sources that are more affordable and provide clean energy, there is no need to continue with the pipeline, or build a new one for that matter. In addition to a possible oil/natural gas spill, if the pipe ...

Red flag warning?

To the Journal editor: The state of the union’s political wildfire. Having been an emergency management team member for 12 years, I witnessed the critical role emergency response teams and elected officials play when disasters strike. Emergency management’s mission is to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters, then submit an after-action report recommending improvements. Let’s focus on one news headline, loss of water pressure to hydrants during the 2025 L.A. wildfires. L.A. emergency management’s AAR is pending but past wildfire AARs have documented hydrant loss of ...