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.
Western Michigan University professor Michael Barcelona is looking for Kalamazoo River area property owners that want to participate in a study of how last summer’s Enbridge oil spill may be affecting groundwater.
Enbridge, owners of the Lakehead pipeline that burst in Calhoun County last year, and TransCanada, owners of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is pending approval, were responsible for two-thirds of the 100 incidents responded to by Canadian pipeline safety officials over the last couple years.
Almost a year after the worst oil spill in state history coated 37 miles of the Kalamazoo River watershed with tar sands crude, the company responsible for the mess still controls the river — and some residents would like to get a look at what’s going on.
A toxicologist with the Michigan Dept. of Community Health says that monitoring of fish contaminant levels near the Lake St. Clair Superfund site was delayed because of the state’s focus on oil contamination in the Kalamazoo River.
Canada’s National Energy Board restricted the flow of oil through pipelines in that country in response to the Enbridge pipeline rupture that fouled at least 30 miles of the Kalamazoo River last summer.
A 126,000 gallon gasoline spill earlier this month in Ingham County has underscored the need for more information about the location and conditions of the pipelines that cross Michigan.
Enbridge has a business model that relies on shipping highly polluting tar sands oil to the US and should not be seen as a socially responsible company, a coalition of environment groups said today in a letter to investors.
Officials in Calhoun County are trying to figure out how to negotiate with Enbridge for funds to pay for a long term study of the health effects of last year’s oil spill.
The former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental crimes section said Friday that the oil and gas company Enbridge will likely face criminal charges over its 2010 Michigan pipeline rupture.
State health officials should conduct long-term monitoring of the health of people exposed to tar sands oil as a result of last summer’s Enbridge pipeline rupture, residents at a Battle Creek forum said last night.
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