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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Mine engineer acknowledges limits of mine plans

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 06.03.08 | 11:12 am

The appeal of Department of Environmental Quality permits issued for an Upper Peninsula sulfide mine wrapped up a fourth week on Friday with testimony from David Stone, a mining engineer for the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company.

In response to questions from National Wildlife Federation attorney Michelle Halley, Stone said that he did not know whether the cement mixture the company plans to use to fill the mine after use would hold up for 200 years.

“That is beyond the horizon we have engineered for,” he said.

A coalition of groups is suing to block state permits for the mine, which they say would damage the environment if carried out as proposed. One often-cited risk is that an incompletely sealed mine will fill with water that will drain toxins into the watershed.

The Lansing City Pulse provides more details on the complex legal arguments over the planned mine.

Wisconsin has banned sulfide mines due to environmental concerns.

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  • beaware

    kennecot how long does the average concrete driveway last? and that is without any caustic agents/chemical agents, other than what’s all ready in the rainwater, being introduced. This will be an environmental nightmare of  cataclysmic proportions if allowed to proceed. The long term effect on the Great Lakes will have to be measured in eons. We lost Lake Erie in my lifetime, and only w/the Grace of God and the determined hard work of those few peoples, were we able to bring Her back. This is a crap shoot and the dice are loaded. And not in my Grand Children and Great Grand Children’s favor. Is the short term, minimal benefit of a few jobs, worth the outcome that is bound to happen, should this go ahead? The matriarchal society of the Seven Nations, the Iroquois Confederacy as it were, preached that Man should think in terms of Mother Earth, as our behavior affects Her, for seven generations ahead. “if we do this, how will it affect our children’s children’s children?” my God, look at the track record of these corporation’s environmental policies! 3 Mile island, Berlin-Faro, Generous Motors and Ford, ad nauseum… When will “enough” be reached? Thank You Mich. Messenger, E., for letting me rant. let me know when my nickel is done please?

  • beaware

    kennecot how long does the average concrete driveway last? and that is without any caustic agents/chemical agents, other than what's all ready in the rainwater, being introduced. This will be an environmental nightmare of  cataclysmic proportions if allowed to proceed. The long term effect on the Great Lakes will have to be measured in eons. We lost Lake Erie in my lifetime, and only w/the Grace of God and the determined hard work of those few peoples, were we able to bring Her back. This is a crap shoot and the dice are loaded. And not in my Grand Children and Great Grand Children's favor. Is the short term, minimal benefit of a few jobs, worth the outcome that is bound to happen, should this go ahead? The matriarchal society of the Seven Nations, the Iroquois Confederacy as it were, preached that Man should think in terms of Mother Earth, as our behavior affects Her, for seven generations ahead. “if we do this, how will it affect our children's children's children?” my God, look at the track record of these corporation's environmental policies! 3 Mile island, Berlin-Faro, Generous Motors and Ford, ad nauseum… When will “enough” be reached? Thank You Mich. Messenger, E., for letting me rant. let me know when my nickel is done please?

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