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.
In May, President Obama directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to aggressively pursue development of biofuels. The following month, the department announced that it would provide incentives of up to $45 per ton to those who deliver biomass — including wood — to approved energy-generating or “bio-product” manufacturing facilities.
Some are now concerned that these incentives will skew the market for forest products. Others worry that the push for biomass power will result in the over harvesting of forests.
Earlier today, USDA published an updated list of facilities the qualify for the biomass subsidies. Most of the approved facilities in Michigan are located in the state’s forested zones.
Here’s the list.
L’Anse Warden Electricity Company, LLC, a 20 megawatt cogeneration plant in L’Anse.
MI Decorative Panels International, Inc. of Alpena, which also received an $18 million stimulus grant to turn wood waste into cellulosic ethanol and sodium acetate, a commercial de-icer.
MI Michigan Wood Pellet Fuel of Holland, a wholesale vendor of wood pellets.
Escanaba Paper Company in Escanaba.
Cadillac Renewable Energy, Inc. in Cadillac, a 38 megawatt power plant.
Viking Energy of Lincoln, an 18 megawatt power plant.
Packaging Corporation of America in Filer City.
Verso Quinnesec, LLC, in Quinnesec.
Weyerhaeuser NR Company of Grayling.
Hillman Power Company, a 20 megawatt power plant.
Viking Energy of McBain, an 18 megawatt power plant.
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