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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsA decade after Flint, feds require nationwide lead pipe removal
-A rule finalized Tuesday gives water providers across the country 10 years to get lead pipes out of their drinking water systems.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk
-Tough talk followed a public outcry six years ago, but the push for policy reforms and monetary compensation has petered out.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChildren of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
-Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsJudge holds Flint in contempt for continued lead pipe replacement delays
-The city was supposed to finish replacing all lead service lines in Flint by 2020. The work still isn’t done. The ruling includes no financial penalties.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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AdvocacyClimate ChangeDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchTED Countdown: Musician Tunde Olaniran from Flint, Michigan on the role of art in the climate crisis
-They were asked to perform one of their latest works for the TED Countdown Summit at the Fillmore Detroit. Olaniran took to the stage with four backup dancers to retell the story of the Yuruba creation myth.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFlintLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlint misses new deadline in long-overdue lead line replacement effort
-Advocates say the city has blown through a court-ordered May 1 deadline to figure out which Flint residents are still dealing with potholed yards and sidewalks, after work crews excavated lead service lines and left a mess behind.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
-The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsState cracks down on Flint company after Flint River spill
-State regulators on Monday ordered a Flint chemical company to truck wastewater to a water treatment plant, weeks after it was blamed for an oily discharge in the Flint River.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSome cities could be left behind on lead pipe replacements
-In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground.
