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.
Facing pressure from all of the states that rely on the Great Lakes for tourism and fishing over the need to prevent the invasive Asian carp from reaching the world’s largest freshwater system, President Obama today named John Goss as his Asian carp “czar” to advise the White House on the best way to proceed.
Goss is the former director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and was also the executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation.
He would not commit to a position on whether it will be necessary to move forward with a plan to block off the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal, which links Lake Michigan to several other waterways, including the Mississippi River, where the carp are thriving. He said that he wanted to wait for the results of an Army Corps of Engineers study before making that decision.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued the following statement:
“We have to do everything possible to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. As the new Asian Carp Director, John Goss clearly understands this mandate, and he will ensure that all federal agencies understand it as well. John Goss shares our passion for protecting the Great Lakes, and his skills and experience make him a great choice for this vital mission.”
The term “czar” has raised all kinds of conspiracy theories in the minds of some, but in reality Goss merely serves as an adviser to the White House Council of Environmental Quality on this particular issue.
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