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.
The Obama administration has released its plan for how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will pursue the most pressing environmental problems in the Great Lakes between now and 2014.
$475 million has been allocated for the first year of projects in this program. The five main areas of focus for work are: Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern, Invasive Species, Near Shore Health and Nonpoint Pollution, Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration, and Accountability, Education, Monitoring, Evaluation, Communication and Partnerships.
The Saginaw River is specifically mentioned as a critically polluted Area of Concern that should receive attention under the Initiative. Contaminated sediments in that river are known to pose a threat to human health and wildlife.
The plan lays out the following goals for addressing such toxic hot spots.
By 2014, delist five Areas of Concern.
By 2014, 46 Beneficial Use Impairments (BUIs) will be removed in Areas of Concern.
By 2011, 15 million pounds of electronic waste and 15 million pills of unwanted medicines will be collected or their release will have been prevented.
By 2014, 45 million pounds e-waste, 45 million pills of unwanted medicines, and 4.5 million pounds of household hazardous waste in the Great Lakes basin will have been collected or their release will have been prevented.
By 2014, 9.4 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments will be remediated.
Through 2014, an annual average of up to 5% annual decline will be maintained or improved for the trend (year 2000 and on) in average concentrations of PCBs in whole lake trout and walleye samples.
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