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.
Wolverine Power Cooperative is suing the state for denying an air permit for a coal and petroleum coke plant planned for Rogers City. In a case that is scheduled to be heard in Missaukee Circuit Court next week the power company is asking the court to reverse the permit denial and overturn Governor Granholm’s Feb. [...]
In May the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment denied an air permit for a 600 megawatt petroleum coke and coal fired power plant planned by the Wolverine Power Cooperative in Rogers City stating that the plant was not necessary and would drive up electricity rates. Now Wolverine has filed suit against the state [...]
The Holland Board of Public Works has approved a plan to sue the state Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment for failing to take action on a permit for a coal plant expansion that has been pending since January 2007. The Board’s decision follows a July Michigan Public Service Commission report that stated that the [...]
The first mine to be permitted under Michigan’s non-ferrous metallic mining law — the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel sulfide mine west of Marquette — continues to draw concerns and criticism.
New regulations being considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning coal ash could have a significant impact on those companies that produce electric power for Michigan residents, especially DTE Energy and CMS Energy, which owns Consumers Energy.
The Holland Board of Public Works’ plan to develop a new 70-megawatt coal-fired power plant fails to consider alternative and more cost effective ways of meeting the need for energy, the Michigan Public Service Commission announced yesterday. MPSC also stated the plan relies on “overly optimistic” projections about demand growth.
Cancer and other diseases are rampant in Michigan’s most polluted zipcode in Southwest Detroit, and though health researchers acknowledge that the pollution causes illness, Michigan allows factories and other industrial polluters to operate on the honor system when it comes to air emissions. A Detroit Free Press series by Tina Lam explores what life is [...]
Kennecott Eagle Minerals, the Rio Tinto subsidiary that is working to develop a nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains west of Marquette, has withdrawn its request for a permit to build a 22 mile long road to transport ore to a processing facility. The planned Woodland Road drew objections from the U.S. [...]
Communities across the state have been awarded a total of $10.7 million to be used to assess and clean up sites that are contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office announced today. Michigan is in desperate of funds to address polluted sites. Money allocated for environmental cleanup by a [...]
One of the few Michigan communities that does not disinfect its public water supply has been ordered to begin treating its water after years of health violations involving elevated levels of coliform bacteria. For 20 years the state has been encouraging the town of Three Rivers, population around 7,000, to begin continuous disinfection of its [...]
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