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.
About a week ago the Holland Board of Public Works announced that it would sue the state of Michigan for taking so long to decide on an air permit for a planned coal plant expansion. Today the DNRE may have preempted that lawsuit by announcing that it is rejecting the request to build a new 78 megawatt boiler at that DeYoung Plant in Holland.
The decision marks the second time this year that state regulators have rejected air permits for coal plants deemed unnecessary by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
In July the Michigan Public Service Commission found that the HBPW’s projection of future electricity demand was overly optimistic and that the utility had failed to consider the impact of increased efficiency measures. The MPSC also stated that the Holland utility’s power needs could also be met through a combined cycle natural gas plant or renewable options.
“In assessing the HBPW submittal, and the findings of the MPSC, the DNRE is persuaded by the MPSC report,“ G. Vinson Hellwig, chief of the DNRE’s Air Quality Division wrote in the denial letter issued today. “HBPW has not adequately demonstrated that the proposed boiler is necessary to meet its projected capacity requirements.”
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