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 Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Agriculture announced the preliminary results of an investigation into alleged illegal contamination by Gallagher Farm Services in Ionia County. The 4,500 acre Gallagher farm was raided in July after environmental officials got a tip that harmful chemicals were buried on the property. Initial DEQ testing seems to confirm [...]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Michigan law requiring all ships entering the Great Lakes to prevent the introduction of invasive species.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said today that it plans to make a decision on a land lease and mining and reclamation plan by the Kennecott Minerals Co. on Feb. 7. Earlier this month, the DNR delayed action on the proposal and asked the company to submit more information in support of its request [...]
A desire to be “as thorough as humanly possible” and “fully transparent” moved the director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to postpone a decision on whether to lease 120 acres of public land in northwest Marquette County to the Kennecott Minerals Company. The move was a welcome surprise to mine opponents. “There is [...]
A coalition of groups has filed legal appeals against the state agency that granted a permit for a controversial nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. The National Wildlife Federation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Huron Mountain Club and Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve filed an administrative appeal with the state and a civil suit in [...]
Negotiations between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Division and Dow ended last week when the EPA slammed the nation’s largest chemical producer for failing to offer a dioxin cleanup plan that would protect human health and the environment. It’s been known since the 1980s that dioxin from Dow’s Midland facility has spread over 50 [...]
Professors from a dozen public universities in Michigan are calling on the governor and the Department of Natural Resources to consider ethical reasons to oppose plans for a nickel-sulfide mine on public land in the Upper Peninsula. On Dec. 14, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a permit for a Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company [...]
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