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 Court decision that blocked construction of a 1200-megawatt coal-fired power plant may bode well for opponents of new coal plants in Michigan. Last week a judge in Fulton County, GA, denied a permit for the plant planned by LS Energy/Dynegy because of the millions of pounds of CO2 it would release each year. Continued [...]
Proposals for new coal power plants in Michigan face not only opposition from environmentalists but also tough new requirements from the banks they need for financing. Now that it’s clear that all the top contenders for the U.S. presidency favor addressing climate change, banks have developed a new set of guidelines that require energy intensive [...]
Controversy over how Michigan will meet its power needs began a new chapter last week when opponents of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Presque Isle filed suit against the state Department of Environmental Quality for failing to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal plants. Coal-burning power plants, which provide most of the electric [...]
A report commissioned by a group fighting the development of a new coal-fired power plant in Rogers City finds that increasing transportation costs for coal will force the Wolverine Power Cooperative to double its utility rates when the planned plant goes on line. The economic analysis of the proposed plant, which was done by Tom [...]
Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest power company, is seeking tax abatement for an 800 megawatt coal-fired power plant planned for its Karn-Weadock Generating Complex in Bay County’s Hampton Township. The company said that the new plant is expected to add at least 80 new employees to the 370 person workforce at the generating complex. The Bay [...]
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