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.
DTE Energy has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow the company to operate the Fermi 2 nuclear plant until 2045.
An operator of DTE’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe has been relieved of duty after testing positive for illegal drugs.
An incident involving a nuclear reactor going into “hot shutdown” at DTE Energy’s Fermi II power generation station in Monroe County late last month went largely unnoticed locally and is raising questions about what exactly happened at the plant. DTE officials have minimized the incident, stressing that it’s dangerous to make assumptions about the safety of the reactor following the situation where high vibrations from a bearing in the plant’s main turbine caused operators to manually switch the reactor into shutdown.
As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission begins a public comment period on the permit application for a new reactor at the DTE Energy’s Fermi complex in Monroe, a public health expert is warning that a rise in cancer rates in Monroe County appears to be linked to operations at the existing 1,130 megawatt nuclear reactor.
Looking over photos of John McCain’s recent visit to DTE’s Fermi II nuke plant, journalist Greg Palast noticed an interesting bit of context and a familiar face.
With polls showing the presidential candidates neck and neck in Michigan, John McCain is expected to follow Barack Obama’s lead and discuss energy policy in Michigan on Tuesday at Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe. McCain has called for the construction of 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, and supported legislation that [...]
The Fermi 2 nuclear reactor in Monroe was shut down on Thursday afternoon after two water pumps stopped functioning. Fermi 2 is a General Electric boiling water reactor, owned by DTE Energy. The plant is 23 years old and generates 1089 megawatts of electricity when functioning at full power. “The cause of the reactor recirc [...]
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