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.
The EPA released two proposals for new rules on the handling of coal ash this week, but environmental groups are not too happy with the result. A coalition that includes Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club and the Southern Environmental Law Center said in a press release that even [...]
A new study sponsored by environmental groups concludes that a new coal plant proposed by Consumers Energy to be built at the company’s Karn Weadock complex will increase the cost of electricity for consumers. The Jackson Citizen-Patriot reports:
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club filed suit against the state of Michigan in Ingham County Circuit court this week, arguing that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment failed to do its duty when it issued an air permit for a new 830 megawatt coal-fired power plant proposed by Consumers Energy at its Karn/Weadock complex near Bay City.
The delayed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule on coal ash disposal must be released because groundwater contamination has already spread at more than 100 dumps across the country, the Environmental Integrity Project said this week. As evidence of the pressing need for EPA action the group pointed to the Consumers Energy Karn/Weadock complex near Bay [...]
A coalition of environmental groups is asking state and federal regulators to take a careful look at the potential wetlands impact of a coal-fired power plant planned by Consumers Energy along Saginaw Bay.
Coal ash piles at Consumers Energy’s Karn-Weadock power plant near Bay City are among the 584 coal ash landfills recently identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as threats to public health. Consumers Energy told the Bay City Times that it plans to build a slurry wall around one of the leaking piles by the [...]
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