Immigrant farmworkers Pedro Francisco and his wife Juana Miguel met President Joe Biden on July 3 during the Commander in Chief’s visit to King Orchards in Antrim County. “What they do for King Orchards is invaluable,” Juliette King McAvoy told Biden. “Our business is what it is because we have the skilled people, skilled laborers that are here.”
We asked Northport resident and environmental policy guru Skip Pruss how President Joe Biden and his cabinet of environmental all stars will combat the climate crisis and what the federal government’s effort could mean for Michigan and the Great Lakes. Pruss is co-founder of 5 Lakes Energy, former board chair at the Traverse City-based nonprofit FLOW (For Love of Water) and former director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth under former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, who is Biden’s nominee for Energy Secretary.