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.
A ballot measure that would restrict mining “under the clever guise of protecting water,” is actually “an attack by special interests on the U.P. and its people, heritage, and economic future,” according to a statement released this week by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers from the Upper Peninsula. In lengthy and harshly worded statement, [...]
Language for a ballot measure that would restrict mining activities in Michigan has been approved by a state election board, AP reports. Michigan Save Our Water Committee, the group organizing the ballot initiative, says on its website that it plans to collect 400,000 signatures by May 2010 so that the measure to restrict sulfide and [...]
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced on Wednesday that elevated levels of selenium below the tailings basin and waste rock piles of two mines operated by Cleveland Cliffs near Marquette in the Upper Peninsula could lead to reproductive failure in fish. Selenium is an element that can leach from rock that is exposed to [...]
A court battle between Waterloo Township in Jackson County and a mining company has resulted in a circuit court ruling paving the way for the mine to expand. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that Aggregate Industries of the United Kingdom sought permission to expand its mining operation to an additional 19 acres of land, arguing [...]
In a move welcomed by those that oppose uranium exploration in Michigan’s Ottawa National Forest, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced this week that his agency is putting a temporary hold on new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon.
Rio Tinto, the global mining company which planned a controversial nickel sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula northwest of Marquette, announced today that it will defer development of the same mine until market conditions improve.
The world’s largest mining company, the Melbourne-based BHP Billiton has dropped its $16 billion bid to take over Rio Tinto which is working to develop mines in Michigan. Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co., is in the process of securing permits for a controversial nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula [...]
A recent economic forecast for northern Michigan listed mining jobs as one of the potential bright spots in the economy. But the recent economic shakeup has slowed global demand for metals, and Rio Tinto, the company that is trying to develop a nickel and copper mine in Michigan, has stated that the slowdown has caused [...]
A high profile state employee has left his job to work for Rio Tinto, the global mining company that is planning a controversial nickel sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula through its subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. Matt Johnson, Gov. Granholm’s Upper Peninsula representative since 2003, will now serve as manager of governmental and community [...]
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), the global mining corporation fighting to build a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula near Marquette, is now reviewing its expansion plans in light of upheavals in global markets, according to a report published today on MetalBulletin.com.
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