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 Sierra Club, the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and members of Occupy Detroit are planning to gather at DTE Energy’s downtown office tomorrow for a demonstration against the company’s coal-fired power plants and its practice of shutting off utilities when people can’t pay.
In statement today the groups said:
Over 100 Detroit residents will march at DTE headquarters Tuesday to demand clean and affordable energy for all. On October 20, Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $174 million rate increase for DTE on the eve of another cold winter, putting more families at risk of shutoff. This continues DTE’s investment in 19th century technology when energy efficiency and renewable energy are now cost competitive with coal, and can create green jobs for Detroit. March participants are demanding DTE to stop the shutoffs and transition to clean energy sources to protect communities from adverse economic and health effects of heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
DTE’s Monroe coal plant produces more than a quarter of Michigan’s total CO2 emissions, according to a report by the Environmental Integrity Project.
According to the Michigan Public Service Commission, DTE shut-off utilities 138,629 times in the first 8 months of this year.
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