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 — Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency say they cannot confirm “absolutely” that oil has stopped flowing out of a stretch of pipe which burst Sunday night or Monday morning.
“There is no way they can absolutely be confirmed there is no more oil coming from the break until all the oil around the break point has been excavated,” says Ralph Dollholpf, EPA onsite coordinator.
Dollhopf said the soil is quite wet and unstable in the area of the leak. It is also filled with oil which is evaporating. The area is very toxic and has a significant risk of explosion. This is slowing the process to uncover the pipe — which officials had said was planned to be completed Wednesday afternoon.
EPA has described the leak source as both a pipeline burst and a break.
EPA officials also announced it has placed an EPA research vessel, the Mudpuppy, into Lake Morrow, the spot officials fighting the oil spill hope to stop the oil spill’s move down the river.
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