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.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen warns that the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan may result in a catastrophic radiation release that will reach American shores.
The U.S. has 23 GE Mark 1 reactors like the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 which exploded and released radiation over the weekend — including the Fermi II plant here in Michigan.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has the authority to block a controversial plan to ship radioactive waste over the Great Lakes.
A group of over 70 mayors from U.S. and Canadian towns along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway is warning that a planned shipment of radioactive materials from the Bruce Power nuclear complex could endanger public water supplies. Bruce Power operates North America’s largest nuclear power plant in Kincardine, Ontario near the shore of [...]
Entergy Nuclear, was forced to shut down nuclear plants in New York and Vermont this week because of a transformer explosion and a leak of radioactive water. Kevin Kamps, of the nuclear watchdog group Beyond Nuclear, writes that both incidents are likely connected to age-related degradation of plant systems and deferred maintenance and he warns [...]
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), an advocate for nuclear power now serving his 13th term, is expected to take the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Upton is the second highest ranking Republican on the committee, but Reuters reports that party rules prevent ranking member Joe Barton (R-TX) from serving another term [...]
Reps. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) and Sarah Roberts (D-St. Clair Shores) — both members of the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee — have joined a coalition of regional environmentalists and politicians that are opposing the planned shipment of 16 school bus-sized radioactive steam generators over the Great Lakes this fall. The steam generators are [...]
The Bruce nuclear power complex which sits on the Canadian side of Lake Huron in Kincardine, Ontario is preparing to ship hundreds of tons of nuclear waste over the Great Lakes and through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden for reprocessing, the Owen Sound Times reports. Bruce Power has signed a contract with the Studsvik [...]
For years Consumers Energy collected surcharges that were supposed to fund the decommissioning of Big Rock nuclear power plant in Charlevoix, but instead of setting the money aside for this purpose the company kept the money as general revenue. On Monday the Michigan Public Service Commission declared this practice improper, and gave the power company [...]
Michigan is among the states where decommissioned nuclear plants have left behind radioactive waste. The Big Rock nuclear power plant in Charlevoix was shut down in 1997 but eight casks of high level nuclear waste remain along the shores of Lake Michigan. It’s something that’s happening across the nation.
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