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 Sierra Club and the Natural Resource Defense Council are suing the state for issuing an air permit for a coal-burning power generation facility planned by the Wolverine Power Cooperative in Rogers City.
A federal judge has decided that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can’t sue DTE Energy for failing to install pollution control equipment at the company’s Monroe plant during an equipment upgrade last year.
Michigan’s old coal plants cost an average family of four about $500 dollars per year in damages and expenses from hospital admissions and health problems, according to a report released this week by the Michigan Environmental Council
As the battle over U.S. Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions mounts, a new report shows that CO2 emissions grew in 2010, and that a Michigan coal plant is one of the nation’s biggest sources.
The health and environmental damages associated with coal fired power plants cost the U.S. $345 billion each year, according to a new study led by a Harvard University researcher.
In a reversal of a decision made last year, the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment has approved the construction of a new 78 megawatt coal-fired power plant planned by the Holland Board of Public Works.
In a press conference with members of the Democratic caucus today House Minority Leader Richard E. Hammel (D-Mt. Morris Township) said that building a coal plant is one of three Democratic initiatives to develop jobs.
Attorney General Bill Schuette will appeal an Ottawa County court ruling that state regulators wrongly denied an air permit for a coal plant planned by the Holland Board of Public Works, the Grand Rapids Press reports.
A state program to reduce the need for new power plants by promoting more efficient use of energy is working even better than expected according to the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Energy issues dominated the environment reporting here this year as Michigan struggled with the ecological costs of power generation and the proper regulation of the means of power generation.
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