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.
U.S. Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia) says Republican Rep. Fred Upton and the Democrats are denying Americans an opportunity to innovate — and he seems to have invented a law that does not exist.
The 50 control room operators at DTE Energy’s Fermi nuclear plant are supposed to have their senses of smell and touch tested every six years when their licenses come up for renewal but DTE stopped conducting these tests in 1999, Tom Henry of the Toledo Blade reports. Smell and touch are considered important to an [...]
The Center for Media and Democracy is criticizing the Lansing State Journal for publishing an interview in which Greenpeace director-turned-nuclear-energy-advocate Patrick Moore was given a platform to present positive statements about nuclear power. The media watchdog said that LSJ should have mentioned that Moore is paid to do public relations for the nuclear industry’s Nuclear [...]
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) has been awarded an $83 million stimulus grant by the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Smart Grid Investment Program to accelerate installation of electronic power meters that allow the company to remotely monitor residential power use and respond more quickly to outages. DTE Energy Chairman and CEO Anthony Earley said that the company’s [...]
Michigan’s 19 coal-fired power plants will need to install technology to reduce mercury emissions by 2015, according to new rules finalized this week. Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin and coal burning power plants are the main source of mercury in the environment. The Michigan Department of Community Health has issued fish consumption advisories for all [...]
The Delphi Township wastewater treatment plant, is among just three in the nation that produce electricity from methane gas generated during the sewage treatment process, WILX reports. As sludge is broken down by bacteria it produces methane gas which powers a turbine to generate electricity.
As the state considers whether to issue permits for new coal-fired power plants in Rogers City and Bay City, some suggest that the Michigan could better meet future electricity demand by firing up some of its dormant gas-fired power plants. There are eight natural gas-fired power plants in Michigan that are operating far below capacity.
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a rate increase on delivery of natural gas by Consumers Energy. The agreement allows Consumers Energy to increase their rates by $22.4 million per year.
Electricity use is declining dramatically according to a newsletter published by the Energy Office of the State Department of Labor and Economic Growth. In the Dec. issue of Energy Tidbits John Sarver writes:
Leaders in automotive research, public policy, venture capital and business will discuss plug-in electric vehicles and what they might mean for the future of Michigan.
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