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.
A larger than usual bloom of blue-green algae in Saginaw Bay is causing an unpleasant flavor in Bay City’s municipal water and adding to pressure to find a new source for water.
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.
Gov. Rick Snyder is expected today to sign into law a bill that will exempt certain farmers from fines for water pollution.
Though agency scientists and industry-funded reports have warned about the public health risks of radioactive wastewater from natural gas fracking operations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has done little to address the problem.
A bill that would codify a voluntary pollution prevention program for farmers is moving swiftly through the legislature but environmentalists are concerned that it will excuse livestock operations from penalties for water contamination.
A leak in a Benzie County natural gas well this week is likely to refocus attention on Michigan’s natural gas drilling rules, which don’t require companies to disclose the chemicals they use.
Gov. Snyder’s call to protect farmers against unnecessary lawsuits and regulation by strengthening a voluntary environmental stewardship program should not be seen as an attempt to dial back environmental regulations for factory farms, administration officials said Thursday.
State regulators are considering a request by environmental groups that Michigan require natural gas production companies to disclosure the chemicals they pump into the ground as part of the fracking process.
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 [...]
In 2002, Michigan voters approved a proposal that made $1 billion in loans available to communities for projects to improve water quality. But despite a serious need for sewer and water system upgrades around the state, about $600 million in loans remain unused because many communities can’t afford to take on new projects.
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