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 company with the contract to operate Pontiac’s water system has a record of service problems in other cities and is facing felony charges, but it’s unclear whether these issues were taken into account before closing the deal because the contract was issued by an Emergency Manager who is not accountable to local residents.
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 [...]
An Israeli wastewater treatment company will locate a pilot project in Oakland County, Lt. Governor John Cherry announced this week from Tel Aviv, one of the stops on an economic development mission to the Middle East. EPC Ltd. Onsite Wastewater Solutions (EPC) is a developer of waste water treatment systems that “focuses on development, production [...]
The Delphi Township wastewater treatment plant, is among just three in the nation that produce electricity from methane gas generated during the sewage treatment process, WILX reports. As sludge is broken down by bacteria it produces methane gas which powers a turbine to generate electricity.
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