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.
General Motors has announced that specific plastic parts of the Chevy Volt — a plug-in hybrid electric car — will be manufactured with recycled oil boom from the gulf oil spill disaster, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The recycled boom will be combined with old tires and plastic polymers and made into a part which deflects heat from the engine and radiator.
The company says it will use 100,000 pounds of the plastic boom in the recycling program. The boom would otherwise end up in a landfill or being burnt.
One wonders why the thousands of feet of plastic boom used in the Calhoun county oil spill are not being used in the manufacturing process.
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