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.
In order to get just five percent of its energy from biomass the 600 megawatt power plant planned by Wolverine Power Cooperative in Rogers City will burn 255,000 tons of freshly cut Northern Michigan trees each year.
The Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club is urging people to e-mail the legislators who have scheduled a 3:55 a.m. (Saturday morning) conference committee meeting on a bill that would ease permit requirements for coal-fired power plants. Rep. Darwin Booher (R-Evart) , Rep. Mike Lahti (D-Hancock), Rep. Andy Coulouris(D-Saginaw), Sen. Michelle McManus (R-Lake Leelanau), Sen. [...]
State environmental groups are urging Michigan House lawmakers to reject a Senate bill that would make it easier for electric utilities to develop coal plants.
As electricity demand drops in Michigan and state and federal programs promise investment and “green jobs” in renewable power, clean energy advocates are rallying on the Capitol steps in Lansing to keep up pressure against new coal development.
Lansing mired in disagreement over baby steps toward renewable energy The Michigan House has rejected a Senate bill that Anne Woiwode of the Michigan Sierra Club called the “worst energy legislation passed by any house in any state in the country.” It would have set a very low requirement of only 7 percent renewable energy [...]
Leaders of Traverse unit resign after Clorox profit-sharing deal The leadership of the 800 member Traverse City-based Traverse Group of the Sierra Club has resigned in protest over a partnership between the national Sierra Club and Clorox that allows “eco-friendly” cleaning products to be sold with a Sierra Club logo in exchange for a cut [...]
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