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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.

Settlement reached in Nestle water withdrawal case

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 07.08.09 | 12:00 pm

A years long legal battle over how much water the Nestle corporation should be allowed to withdraw from the Muskegon River watershed was settled this week when the company agreed to limit its withdrawals to 313,000 gallons per day.

Since 2002 Nestle has been bottling Ice Mountain brand water at facility in Stanwood using water from private wells in Mecosta County and from the city of Evart.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality had issued a permit for the company to increase withdrawals from 200 gallons per minute to 400 gallons.

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation sued Nestle, claiming that its water withdrawals were damaging local streams and lakes.

“This injunction ends the continuing legal battle of MCWC’s struggle to protect Dead Stream, Thompson Lake and wetlands from excessive water extraction,” group spokeswoman Terry Swier said in a statement. “Now it is time to turn to the task of assuring water remains owned by the public.”

Comments

  • geetha701

    Thankfully these communities have successfully protected themselves and their ecosystems (for now, at least). That's reason for rejoicing because I believe bottled water to be a big time waste of money. It's not any better than tap water because most bottled water comes from city taps or wells — which is where we also get the tap.

    If you agree, Corporate Accountability does a lot of work with cases like these to try and hold corporations responsible for whatever costs they externalize to the public http://www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org

  • geetha701

    Thankfully these communities have successfully protected themselves and their ecosystems (for now, at least). That's reason for rejoicing because I believe bottled water to be a big time waste of money. It's not any better than tap water because most bottled water comes from city taps or wells — which is where we also get the tap.

    If you agree, Corporate Accountability does a lot of work with cases like these to try and hold corporations responsible for whatever costs they externalize to the public http://www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org

  • geetha701

    Thankfully these communities have successfully protected themselves and their ecosystems (for now, at least). That's reason for rejoicing because I believe bottled water to be a big time waste of money. It's not any better than tap water because most bottled water comes from city taps or wells — which is where we also get the tap.

    If you agree, Corporate Accountability does a lot of work with cases like these to try and hold corporations responsible for whatever costs they externalize to the public http://www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org

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