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.
A recently publicized report that touts the construction jobs associated with an increased use of natural gas for electricity fails to consider the ecological downsides of fracking, state environmental groups say.
To mark the first anniversary of when Enbridge formally notified the federal government that an estimated one million gallons of crude oil had been released into the Kalamazoo River watershed, environmentalists are calling on two Republican congressman to stop political attacks aimed at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Fracking companies will be required to document their water use and regulators will publish some information about the chemicals used in the fracking process under rules announced Wednesday by the state Dept. of Environmental Quality.
A major Michigan environmental group is criticizing Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Synder for picking Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland) as a running mate, saying that Calley has a bad track record on energy and pollution issues. “Choosing Brian Calley—with his abysmal record of support for polluters—is extremely disappointing and says that Rick Snyder is putting corporations [...]
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.
MOUNT CLEMENS — Macomb County faces an all-too-familiar Michigan problem these days: plunging property tax collections leading directly to decimated public budgets. But here in the state’s third most populous county, downsizing the budget means supersizing the risk of contaminated water, among other public health calamities.
In an executive order issued Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jennifer Granholm directed the departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources to prepare to be combined as of Jan. 17, 2010. The governor characterized the consolidation as streamlining move that will also “better enable the state to conserve, manage, protect and promote Michigan’s environmental, natural resource and [...]
Michigan lawmakers reached a bipartisan compromise on water withdrawals yesterday. A coalition of environmental groups hailed the deal, but one clean water advocacy group called it a failure. The measure sets regulations for in-state water use and is tied to the Great Lakes Compact, legislation designed to codify regional control of Great Lakes water resources. [...]
Michigan’s legislators left the Capitol for spring break without passing key legislation to regulate withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Compact — if passed in all Great Lakes states as wells as Quebec and Ontario and approved by Congress — would allow governors to block new, large-scale water diversions. The compact [...]
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