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 a report released today, the U.S. State Dept. says that TransCanada’s plan to move tar sands oil across the U.S. by pipeline will not cause significant environmental problems.
In a study that could cause the U.S. to rethink its designation of biomass as green energy, Australian scientists have found that living forests soak up far more carbon dioxide than previously thought.
A military veterans group is arguing that a Republican bill to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions would weaken national security by harming efforts to reduce dependence on oil.
Climate change and heavy demand could result in water shortages in the Great Lakes region, a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey warns.
Republican leaders from three key Congressional committees have released a bill they hope will stimulate conversation on “the most effective approach to stop EPA’s cap and trade agenda.”
Aides for House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-OK) held a private meeting with members of the energy industry this week in preparation for a push to block U.S. Environmental Protection Agency climate rules that went into effect this month.
Scientists studying Lake Superior say that according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration water in the lake is 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year and is on track to exceed its record temperature of 68 degrees. The New York Times reports that the Great Lakes are viewed as [...]
Last year the state of Massachusetts suspended licenses for new wood-burning power plants and commissioned a study on the environmental impacts of burning wood for electricity. That study, conducted by the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, has now been released and it shows that, per unit, wood releases more climate-damaging gases than coal. Ian Bowles, [...]
The Michigan Environment Council is warning that anti-government activists are convening science bashing forums at Oakland University and Central Michigan University today. The environmental group says that panel discussion — “The Changing Debate on Climate Change” — put on by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy involves Detroit News cartoonist Henry Payne and ideologues from [...]
US carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, oil and natural gas fell 6.3 percent in 2009 and are expected to increase by just 1.5 percent this year, Bloomberg reports in a story on the latest forecast by the Energy Information Administration.
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