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 Michigan Department of Natural Resources said today that it plans to make a decision on a land lease and mining and reclamation plan by the Kennecott Minerals Co. on Feb. 7.
Earlier this month, the DNR delayed action on the proposal and asked the company to submit more information in support of its request for a 10-year lease on 120 acres of state land northwest of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula.
The company wants to drill into a state-owned bedrock outcropping known locally as “Eagle Rock” in order to mine nickel and copper deposits.
Today MDNR spokesperson Mary Dettloff said that “all questions have been sufficiently answered” and that DNR director Rebecca Humphries is expected to issue a decision on the request at next month’s meeting of the Natural Resources Commission in Lansing.
Opponents of the mine claim that it will create acid mine drainage and air pollution and violate the rights of members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.
In December, mine opponents filed suit against the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, charging that the agency failed to follow state law when it issued permits to the company.
Kennecott Minerals Co. is part of the global mining company Rio Tinto, which plans to sell the nickel to the Chinese steel industry.
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