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.
Off shore oil and gas drilling has been banned in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes since 2005, but the Canadians are operating hundreds of off shore gas wells in Lake Erie. In the wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill some, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), are calling for more oversight and restrictions on Canadian drilling in the Great Lakes.
Stabenow told the Petoskey News-Review:
“The most important thing is that we have the very best safety regulations on those and that as they complete their operations, they aren’t allowed to do more. I do think there needs to be discussions between (the United States) and the Canadians about the safety provisions and the kind of oversight on the Canadian-side of the drilling they are doing. Personally, I prefer that we wouldn’t be doing any drilling in the Great Lakes.”
Stabenow told the News-Review that she is confident that the U.S. ban on Great Lakes drilling will remain in place despite pressures to develop more domestic energy sources.
She also said that the BP disaster is a “call” for the U.S. to develop a comprehensive clean energy strategy.
The Hill reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told Senate committee chairs that he will move comprehensive energy legislation in July.
According to The Hill, Reid told the committee chairs:
“I think it is extremely important that you each examine what could be included in a comprehensive energy bill that would address the unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“Among the actions I think we need to explore are ensuring that the oil companies are held accountable for their actions and the damages caused by their operations.”
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