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.
Traverse City has dismantled its bayside coal plant, and its publicly owned electricity utility has committed itself to finding environmentally friendly ways of meeting the city’s power needs. But plans to buy land for a future biomass power plant were put on hold this week after citizens raised concerns about the potential human health and environmental impacts of powering the city with wood.
The Traverse City Record Eagle reports:
Traverse City Light & Power board members, during a closed session late Tuesday, tabled plans to buy seven acres adjacent to a substation in an industrial park off Parsons Road. Public comments against a wood-burning plant impacted their decision, officials said.
“I think the impression it made with me is we all need to get educated on the pluses and minuses of any renewable energy generation,” said John Snodgrass, a Light & Power board member. “We need to sit down, roll up our sleeves and figure out what is the best renewable energy source for the community.”
Utility officials had planned to spend $70 million to develop three small wood-burning plants around Traverse City.
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