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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Jeremy Orr
Last night, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her first State of the State address. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Replacing the state’s lead service lines will be a massive undertaking, but five years after the Flint water crisis, residents deserve no less. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
For weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm telling us that handwashing is the number one thing we can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Flint, Michigan will forever be the symbol of a government’s willingness to play fast and loose with the health of a majority non-white community. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Today, Michigan Senators Curt VanderWall (R-Ludington) and Jim Ananich (D-Flint) reintroduced their bills to help ensure kids throughout Michigan can access lead-free drinking water at schools and childcare centers. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Michigan in the 1970s and 80s was a leader in natural resource protection and policies that safeguarded residents from the harmful effects of pollution. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Michigan recently proposed changes to a drinking water safeguard known as the Lead and Copper Rule, which is supposed to help remove lead from drinking water. [read post]
10 Oct 2023, 8:32 am by Cyndi Roper
The new law establishes the nation’s strongest protections against lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Last October, the Michigan House and Senate introduced bills designed to get the lead out of drinking water in schools and childcare facilities. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
Co-authored with Sylvia Orduño, People's Water Board Coalition [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
The public comment period for Michigan’s proposed changes to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) closed this week. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
In the wake of the Flint Water Crisis, the State of Michigan put forth the nation’s most protective lead in drinking water safeguards in the form of its landmark Lead and Copper Rule. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—includes a $15 billion commitment to replace the nation’s lead pipes [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
The Flint Water Crisis is a constant and tragic reminder of what can go wrong when you combine weak drinking water safeguards, an underfunded and politically restrained oversight agency, and a severely weakened democracy. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
As the community of Flint continues to rebuild and replace its lead service lines under a court ordered settlement, Governor Snyder recently announced the disappointing decision that Michigan will stop providing free bottled water to the residents. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
The state has joined the ranks of states that are leading the way in protecting public drinking water from PFAS. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Cyndi Roper
The Flint Water Crisis tragically highlighted for most Michiganders the damaging health effects of drinking water contaminated with lead. [read post]