(Jessica Corbett) VICE on Thursday published an “astounding” and “important” exclusive report on how Rick Snyder, a Republican who served as Michigan’s governor from 2011 to 2019, “knew about Flint’s toxic water—and lied about it.”
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Federal Judge Rules Flint Residents Can Sue EPA Over Water Crisis
(Julia Conley) As Flint, Michigan, marks five years since the city’s deadly water crisis began, a federal judge ruled in favor of residents who want to sue the federal government for not acting promptly to ensure the city had clean drinking water.
Four Years Since Flint Crisis Began, New Bill Declares ‘Clean Water a Right for All’
(Julia Conley) Four years after the city of Flint, Michigan began using the heavily polluted Flint River as a drinking water source, resulting in the city’s water crisis, Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to ensure such a catastrophe never again occurs in an American city. Related Finally! 5 Officials Indicted on Manslaughter […]
Finally! 5 Officials Indicted on Manslaughter Charges Over Flint Water Crisis
(RT News) Michigan’s attorney general has filed new, more serious charges of involuntary manslaughter against five officials in the Flint Water Crisis investigation, among them the head of Michigan’s health department.
BREAKING: 4 More Officials Charged In Flint Water Crisis
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. (Lance Schuttler) Earlier today, four former government officials were charged with conspiring to violate safety rules in connection to the Flint, Michigan water crisis that has been on-going for several months. The crisis lead to the discovery of dangerous levels of lead in the water, which residents had to deal with and […]
While Flint Drinks Poison, Nestlé Is Pumping 200 Gallons of Fresh Water out of Michigan Every Minute
Image Source. There’s a water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Children are being rushed to the hospital with irreversible brain damage. The federal government has declared a state of emergency, and dangerous water contamination is causing residents to go blind, develop skin lesions, and lose hair and even their memory — just from bathing in their own […]
‘Veterans for Standing Rock’ Announce Flint Water Crisis as their Next Target
Source – The Free Thought Project by Jay Syrmopoulos, December 7th 2016 After seemingly tipping the scales of justice in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux, the “Veterans for Standing Rock” are now taking their community activism to Flint, Michigan. “We don’t know when we are going to be there but we will be heading […]