Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduces an amendment to an energy policy bill calling for $800 million in assistance to Flint, Michigan to address the lead contamination of the city’s drinking water. The Senate later voted 54-43 to block the energy bill from advancing. Source: US Senate Debate Flint Michigan Aid | Video | C-SPAN.org
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Flint’s newest challenge: a flood of plastic bottles
In October, the city told residents to stick to filtered or bottled water because of unsafe levels of lead, a problem that developed after it temporarily switched to using water from the Flint River in order to cut costs. But residents had been trying for more than a year to get officials’ attention about the…
After blowing the whistle on Flint’s water, EPA “rogue employee” has been silent. Until now.
Del Toral was first alerted to Flint’s water problems last spring, when Lee Anne Walters called the EPA to complain about high levels of lead in her tap water and warn officials that her child had been diagnosed with lead poisoning. Del Toral followed up with Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality, asking about corrosion control…