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.
Money from the federal stimulus package will accelerate a plan to clean up PCB-contaminated New Bedford Harbor in Massachusetts by dredging contaminated soil and shipping it to Michigan, the Boston Globe reports.
The additional money will allow a massive “dewatering” facility on the harbor to operate continuously eight months a year, instead of the 40-45 days it now runs. The facility squeezes water out of the sediment before it is shipped to a hazardous waste disposal site in Michigan.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson announced yesterday that at least $25 million would be allocated for clean up of New Bedford Harbor which is one of New England’s oldest and largest Superfund sites.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are man made organic compounds that were used in the manufacture of electrical components until they were banned in the 70s.
PCBs are known as persistent organic pollutants because they are toxic and break down very slowly in the environment.
In Michigan the Great Lakes are contaminated with PCBs and women of child-bearing age are warned against eating fish because of the risks of developmental damage to their children.
No word yet on which Michigan facility will receive the contaminated soil.
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