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 cleanup of the Midwest’s worst oil spill in Calhoun County last July 25 continues a year later, and officials from both Enbridge, the company that owns the pipeline, and the government agencies overseeing it say the spill has ‘unique challenges.’
Levels of heavy metals have increased in water samples being conducted along the Kalamazoo River and Talmadge Creek nearly a year after an oil pipeline ruptured in the area spewing an estimated one million gallons of oil into the waterways.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials want residents and visitors alike to visit a new online database holding the test results for the state’s beaches before they head out for the sun and sand.
Experts and local residents of the dioxin-laden Saginaw River watershed are displeased with a new agreement between the EPA and Dow that allows the chemical company to determine which areas are most in need of cleanup — even after that company has spent decades claiming that there is no need for cleanup at all.
Two days before the DEQ ceases to exist and a week after its director stepped down, DEQ moved to wrap up a long standing fight over permits for a planned nickel sulfide mine by concluding that only buildings may be considered “places of worship.”
TRAVERSE CITY — A rush to meet new requirements for renewable energy has spurred plans for wood-burning power plants in Northern Michigan but critics argue that a surge in wood-based generation could deplete the state’s forests and generate hazardous air pollution.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has released a document titled Michigan’s Strategic Framework for the 2010 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. This document spells out how they would like to spend Michigan’s portion of the $475 million approved by Congress for the clean up and restoration of the Great Lakes. The priorities include several million [...]
Financial trouble pushed state and national leaders to suggest abandoning longstanding environmental programs this year and some even blamed air and water quality regulations for Michigan’s economic problems.
The governor’s office announced today that Dept. of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester will leave his job on Jan. 4 and Deputy Director Jim Sygo will lead the department until Jan 17 when the DEQ and Department of Natural Resources merge and receive new leadership.
The 5,000 cow Vreba-Hoff dairy operation in Hudson violated its water discharge permit hundreds of times in 2008 and 2009 by spraying inadequately treated animal waste at multiple locations, according to the Dept. of Environmental Quality. Yesterday DEQ announced it’s fourth lawsuit against the company for failure to responsibly manage waste.
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