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 state Dept. of Environmental Quality is asking people to weigh in on new aspects of the long-delayed plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Rogers City.
Last year the DEQ denied a permit for the proposed 600 megawatt power plant after finding that Wolverine had not demonstrated a need for the facility.
Wolverine sued, and Missaukee County Circuit Court ruled that lack of need is not a legal basis to deny a permit.
The state is now poised to finalize a permit for the project but new federal rules require that Wolverine first demonstrate how it will use the “Best Available Control Technology” to limit its greenhouse gas emissions.
According to state regulators the plant has the potential to emit 6,050,090 tons of carbon dioxide a year.
The company’s plan for dealing with greenhouse gas rules is available at the DEQ website.
The DEQ will take comments on this aspect of the project at a May 19th hearing scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers City High School Gymnasium, 1033 West Huron Avenue, Rogers City.
The agency notes:
Interested participants are advised that hearing administrators will not dialogue during the public comment hearing, and only comments on the specific aspects noted above will be included in the record. All other aspects of the permit have been through the public process.
The Michigan Land Use Institute, which opposes the coal plant, is organizing carpools to the hearing.
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