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.
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
The Enbridge Lakehead Pipeline 6B which runs through Michigan was shut down May 29 when storm related power outages shut down the Marshall pumping station.
Environmental groups say that a state award given routinely to some of the most highly polluting companies in Michigan is an example of “greenwashing” — defined as “the deceptive use of green PR or green marketing in order to promote a misleading perception that a company’s policies or products (such as goods or services) are environmentally friendly.”
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding seven public hearings in August and September on its proposal to regulate the disposal of “coal ash,” a byproduct of coal-fired power production. Coal ash first became a part of the public discourse following a massive spill of the substance from a containment pond in Tennessee in 2008. A [...]
A move by the EPA and state officials to drop the water level in Allegan Lake has resulted in a fish kill in “the hundreds” the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment reported Thursday. The lake was ordered reduced by two feet in preparation for the off chance there was a major rain [...]
Since July 25, 2010, the south central region of Michigan has been suffering the effects of the release of an estimated one million gallons of crude oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. While there are many issues to resolve in regard to the spill, there is a key feature of the incident which [...]
During the first quarter of 2010 Consumers Energy failed to conduct required environmental monitoring at two coal ash landfills associated with the company’s Karn/Weadock power plant outside Bay City, according to a Notice of Violation issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The violation, made public by the state in response to [...]
New regulations being considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning coal ash could have a significant impact on those companies that produce electric power for Michigan residents, especially DTE Energy and CMS Energy, which owns Consumers Energy.
The Holland Board of Public Works’ plan to develop a new 70-megawatt coal-fired power plant fails to consider alternative and more cost effective ways of meeting the need for energy, the Michigan Public Service Commission announced yesterday. MPSC also stated the plan relies on “overly optimistic” projections about demand growth.
CMS Energy announced yesterday that it is putting plans for a new coal plant on hold for economic reasons, but the results of the votes on two shareholder resolutions presented at the company’s annual shareholders meeting last week show that many shareholders are concerned about environmental aspects of coal power. According to the Thursday filing [...]
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