Jesse Johnson

Suffocating Summer: Step outside today and you can taste it. Ash is falling in the UP. The Mackinac Bridge has vanished into haze. EGLE has all of Michigan under an Air Quality Alert, with northern air that could hit Hazardous. One year ago, in the op-ed below, I warned this would keep happening and laid out exactly how to make Canada pay: State Department arbitration under the 1991 U.S.-Canada Air Quality Agreement (Trail Smelter, 1941: the polluter pays) and a USMCA dispute with trade remedies until Ottawa manages its forests. This is negligence, not an act of God. I also implored our current leaders to act then, not wait for the next election. One year later: nothing. @dananessel launched a climate lawsuit against American oil companies, but won't send Canada a bill for the smoke filling Michigan lungs today. President Trump and @USTradeRep have the leverage to move this tomorrow. Michigan should be first in line. @GovWhitmer and Nessel could formally request arbitration this week. If they won't defend Michigan's air, they should tell us why. The tools exist. The smoke is here. The silence is a choice. Let's make Michigan safe, normal, and responsible again! 🇺🇸 @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio @MIGOP @MI_Republicans @Th_Midwesterner @stevegrubershow @MrJustinBarclay @gatewaypundit @Rescue_Michigan @HarmeetKDhillon @elonmusk @timlovesann @mifairelections @TruckerRandy @DonnieDetroit19 @downi75 @MonicaYatooma @Mike_Cox @PJQualityGuru