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 new law that prohibits the governor from adopting environmental rules that are stronger than federal standards will harm Michigan’s ability to protect the Great Lakes, environmental groups say.
The company responsible for the biggest oil spill in Michigan history has announced plans to expand the capacity of the line that crosses underwater at the Straits of Mackinac.
Michigan health officials say no one should eat any lake trout from Lake Michigan because the fish contain dangerous levels of PCB, dioxins, and the now-banned pesticide chlordane.
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would block state agencies from making environmental rules that are stricter than federal requirements, prompting concerns from environmental advocacy groups.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation gave notice this week that it has begun considering whether to grant the Canadian company Bruce Power permission to move 16 radioactively contaminated steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.
The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week.
Climate change and heavy demand could result in water shortages in the Great Lakes region, a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey warns.
A group of over 70 mayors from U.S. and Canadian towns along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway is warning that a planned shipment of radioactive materials from the Bruce Power nuclear complex could endanger public water supplies. Bruce Power operates North America’s largest nuclear power plant in Kincardine, Ontario near the shore of [...]
The Michigan House of Representatives has passed HB 5368, a bill that regulates the use of fertilizer that contains phosphorus. The bill would prohibit the use of such fertilizer in most situations but it exempts agricultural use and allows an exemption for use on first year lawns and lawns that have tested low for phosphorus [...]
Despite recent accidents and warnings from environmental groups and a local lawmaker, the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment has given the OK for underwater oil pipeline work by Enbridge Energy Partners at the Straits of Mackinac.
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