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 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.
In the wake of the EPA’s decision that no federal permit is necessary for a controversial new nickel sulfide mine to be located on state land near Lake Superior, state officials and mining experts are questioning the state’s ability to adequately regulate the project on its own.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will not require the Kennecott Eagle Mineral Co. to get a federal permit for the waste water system at its planned nickel mine in the Upper Peninsula.
Rio Tinto, the global mining company whose subsidiary, Kennecott, is building a nickel sulfide mine west of Marquette, has earned a reputation for a willingness to cut corners on safety and environmental safeguards, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) warned in an op-ed distributed across northern Michigan over the weekend. Stupak, who chairs of the House [...]
Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. said this week that a modification to its wastewater management plan means that it no longer requires a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is free to begin construction of a controversial nickel sulfide mine northwest of Marquette, AP reports.
Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield has agreed to hear arguments about whether the state violated its public trust responsibility when the Department of Natural Resources agreed to lease 120 acres near Lake Superior to the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. for mining activities.
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 [...]
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