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 federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of the nation’s pipeline system released for public comment earlier this week a proposal to overhaul pipeline safety.
The proposal, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, lays out a number of potential issues the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, may address in final regulations. Under the proposal, the public has until Jan. 17, 2011 to provide its input.
The proposal lays out a number of issues I’ve identified in my ongoing series on pipeline safety and the lack of oversight at PHMSA. For example, the proposal raises the possibility of requiring pipeline in rural areas to be subject to more inspections. It also floats the idea of requiring better emergency shutoff valves (as I’ve noted, the segment of pipeline that exploded in San Bruno last month had to be shut off manually) and strengthening standards to prevent pipe corrosion.
The PHMSA proposal comes as Congress is considering a number of pipeline safety proposals, from both the Obama administration and various lawmakers.
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