I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Rio Tinto, the global mining company which planned a controversial nickel sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula northwest of Marquette, announced today that it will defer development of the same mine until market conditions improve.
“The Group has responded decisively to markedly weaker demand conditions in its major markets by reducing capital and operating costs, and adjusting capacity where appropriate,” chairman Paul Skinner said in a statement, “The Group will make sufficient investment to maintain its growth options, in order to be well positioned for a recovery in global economic activity.”
Rio Tinto planned to spend $300 million developing the mine through its subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals and expected to begin production in late 2009.
The company was the first to be issued permits under Michigan’s 2004 non-ferrous metallic mining law. These permits are being challenged in lawsuits by groups that argue the planned mining could damage the watershed.
A $19.5 billion dollar investment in Rio Tinto by the Chinese state-owned aluminum company, Chinalco, was also announced today.
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