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.
Hydrofracking is currently exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act and other federal water quality regulations but the EPA is proposing to regulate the air-polluting effects of the practice.
It’s been more than two months since the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee River spilled into Saginaw Township’s West Michigan Park but results of soil sampling have not yet been shared with the public.
Almost a year after the worst oil spill in state history coated 37 miles of the Kalamazoo River watershed with tar sands crude, the company responsible for the mess still controls the river — and some residents would like to get a look at what’s going on.
A crude oil spill from the Keystone XL pipeline that is under consideration by the U.S. State Dept. could have massive and unforeseen consequences for critical water resources, a pair of University Nebraska hydrologists warned in a recent letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Pontiac’s Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler privatized operation of the city’s water treatment last month by signing a contract with United Water, a New Jersey-based subsidiary of the French company SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT. This company has been indicted on felony charges related to its operation of the wastewater treatment facility in Gary, Ind.
The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has signed an agreement with Dow Chemical that allows the company to deal with dioxin contamination in parks and yards by covering it with gravel and building raised garden beds.
Local citizens have formed a group to support the continued operation of the coal-powered car ferry that travels between Ludington and Manitowic, Wisconsin and faces a 2012 Environmental Protection Agency deadline to stop dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is wrong to cut monitoring for radiation with the nuclear disaster in Japan still unfolding, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said this week.
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would block state agencies from making environmental rules that are stricter than federal requirements, prompting concerns from environmental advocacy groups.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin sampling Saginaw Township’s West Michigan Park next week to determine how much dioxin was deposited in the Tittabawassee floodplain during recent flooding.
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