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.
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), the global mining corporation fighting to build a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula near Marquette, is now reviewing its expansion plans in light of upheavals in global markets, according to a report published today on MetalBulletin.com.
The online publication quotes Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese as saying that a possible economic slowdown in China has prompted the company to review its plans.
According to the Metal Bulletin, last week base metal prices neared a three-year low.
Rio Tinto’s fully-owned subsidiary, Kennecott Eagle Mineral Company, has faced strong local opposition to its plans to mine nickel and copper from land near Lake Superior.
The Keewanaw Bay Indian Community, National Wildlife Federation, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and Huron Mountain Club filed suit against the state earlier this year, arguing that the Department of Environmental Quality failed to follow environmental law in granting permits for the mine.
They claim that the planned mining operations will degrade area land and water. That suit remains pending.
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