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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suing DTE Energy for violating the Clean Air Act by overhauling a unit at its Monroe power plant without installing technology to limit emissions of health damaging pollutants.
The Detroit News reports that the suit filed in federal court today asks that the unit be shutdown until the company complies with federal air quality rules and asks for civil penalties of up to $37,500 per day.
The lawsuit alleges the Monroe plant is already the largest individual source of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions in the state and “this modification resulted in significant net emission increases.”
DTE did not seek necessary approvals and “mailed a notification letter to the state of Michigan the day before starting the project,” the suit alleges.
The overhaul, part of a larger $65 million project, included the replacement of two major boiler components, the suit alleges.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman.
DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) provides power to 1.3 million Michigan residents.
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