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.
BATTLE CREEK — During a press conference Wednesday morning, Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel told the assembled media that the company plans to have the pipeline which was the source of what many say was the largest oil spill in the history of the Midwest running again “in days.”
“It will be days before the pipeline is fixed,” Daniel said. “It will be working in a matter of days.”
As a result of the spill, a three mile section of the pipe line which runs from Indiana to Canada has been shut down, and locked in place since Monday. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will be on hand Wednesday as Enbridge digs out the section of pipe. That section of pipe will be removed and sent with NTSB officials as part of the official investigation into the spill. Enbridge will then replaced that segment of pipe and re-start the oil flow.
And that news is not sitting well with Congressman Mark Schauer (D-Bedford Township). The spill happened in his district and he toured the Kalamazoo River Wednesday morning to review clean up efforts.
“It’s simply outrageous that Enbridge is actively making plans to re-open the pipeline within a matter of days when we still don’t know what caused the spill in the first place. With more than 16 miles of the Kalamazoo River covered in oil, Enbridge should be putting 100% of its energy into cleaning up the mess they caused before they even think about re-opening the pipeline,” Schauer said in a press statement. “Every minute they waste making plans to re-open the pipeline is a minute that isn’t being spent cleaning up the toxic sludge that has infested our waterways. It’s time for Enbridge to live up to its own corporate values by making safety its top priority, and if they won’t, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure they do.”
Local, state and federal authorities are still not completely aware of the extent of the damage the spill has caused to the Kalamazoo River, Talmadge Creek or the adjoining wetlands and properties.
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