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.
President Obama has named Susan Hedman, the top environment adviser for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, to serve as the top administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Midwest office, known as Region 5. “Environmental advocates are sure to cheer this appointment,” wrote Dave Scriven-Young, an attorney at Peckar & Abramson in Chicago and author [...]
It’s been four months since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiated new dealings with Dow Chemical over the handling of dioxin contamination in Michigan’s Saginaw River watershed and the agency says it expects its closed-door cleanup framework negotiations with the company to conclude by Friday.
Fresh off a listening tour in Michigan last week, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency laid out three options for the cleanup of dioxin in the Saginaw Bay area — but some of the options may be off the table without support from Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is urging President-elect Obama to rebuild the battered and demoralized U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by appointing whistleblowers and leaders with the courage to resist political pressure. PEER has nominated a slate that includes Mary Gade for Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Earlier this year Gade was forced [...]
Thanks to Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey for pointing out this Gristmill story on the appointment of Lynn Buhl as regional director for the Environmental Protection Agency’s region 5. Buhl replaces Mary Gade, who resigned earlier this year, stating that she was forced out over her efforts to get the Dow Chemical Co. to clean [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will require the Dow Chemical Co. to take immediate steps to clean up dioxin contamination in and around 10 homes on Riverside Boulevard in Saginaw. EPA officials, along with staff from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Community Health, met with residents [...]
The firing of EPA regional administrator Mary Gade “opens a new chapter” in the investigation of the suppression of a government report on pollution and health, Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak told the Michigan Messenger today. Mary Gade, the top administrator for EPA’s Midwest region, was removed from office last week in apparent response to her [...]
The Chicago Tribune reports that Mary Gade, the top Environmental Protection Agency regulator for the Midwest, has been forced to step down by the Bush administration. For the last year Gade has pressured the Midland-based Dow Chemical Co. to clean up dioxin contamination in the Saginaw River watershed. In August she invoked emergency powers to [...]
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