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 company responsible for the biggest oil spill in Michigan history has announced plans to expand the capacity of the line that crosses underwater at the Straits of Mackinac.
In an announcement this week Enbridge Energy Partners said that it will spend approximately $100 million on a project to modify the “Line 5” oil pipeline that runs between Superior, Wisconsin and Sarnia, Ontario so it can handle 50,000 more barrels per day.
Enbridge said that the project is needed to meet increasing demand in the upper Midwest and Ontario.
Line 5 runs across the Upper Peninsula, along the lake bottom at the Straits of Mackinac, across the northern Lower Peninsula and under the St. Clair River to Sarnia, Ontario.
“This project does not require the installation of new pipeline. The facilities upgrades and modifications will take place at existing pump stations along Line 5,” Enbridge spokeswoman Lorraine Little said. “We will also conduct integrity digs and hydrotesting in various locations along the pipeline to verify the safety and integrity of the pipeline.”
Enbridge is expected to face criminal charges in connection with the July 26, 2010 oil spill that fouled the Kalamazoo River with more than 800,000 gallons of tar sands crude and sickened hundreds of residents. Cleanup of that spill is still underway.
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