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.
Mark Durno, assistant onsite incident commander for the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency working on the Enbridge oil spill in Calhoun County, says authorities have detected trace levels of both mercury and nickel in water and sediment samples along the river. This is the first time the EPA has released information about metal contaminates found in the [...]
InsideEPA.com is reporting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to make an announcement soon on whether it will require the Kennecott mining company to get a federal permit for its waste water system. In March Kennecott, which is planning on discharging more that 500,000 gallons of waste water each day at its planned [...]
Rio Tinto, the global mining company whose subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals has sought to develop a nickel sulfide mine near Marquette, has withdrawn a request to prospect for minerals on public forest land in the western Upper Peninsula, the Lake Superior Mining News reports. On Nov. 6 Rio Tinto notified the Bureau of Land Management [...]
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 [...]
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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