Flint Water Crisis

EPA Blames Itself For Flint Water Crisis

On Thursday, more than four years after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan began, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a final report pointing blame right back at the EPA, as well as the state and city. None of this comes as surprise. In 2016, the OIG issued a report that concluded quite…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Who the Hell Names Beer After the Flint Water Crisis? [Updated]

Summertime is here, and that involves heaps of new craft beers with increasingly creative names. A brewery opening in Lakeville, Indiana, this fall has decided to jump on the bandwagon by naming its beers after controversial topics—like the Flint water crisis that happened nearly 200 miles away. Update 7/19/18 8:18 a.m.: Co-owner Rodney Chlebek of…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Here’s What Flint’s Mayor Wants Elon Musk to Do

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been known to offer help, from donating solar batteries to Puerto Rico to building a tiny ‘submarine’ to rescue that Thai soccer team that was trapped in a cave. (It was never put to use.) The latest disaster to land on Musk’s radar? The water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Doctor Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis Opens Up About Trust and Trauma

It’s been almost three years since Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was tipped by a friend, at a barbecue of all places, that the city of Flint, Michigan’s drinking water could be tainted by lead. For Dr. Mona, a pediatrician at Flint’s Hurley Medical Center, the months that followed were a non-stop search for the missing piece…

Environmental Justice Paola Rosa-Aquino

Michigan Is Done Helping Flint Test Its Water

Michigan won’t be handling water testing in Flint anymore. After assuming that responsibility in 2016, the state is officially handing it back to the city starting in July, according to The Flint Journal/M-Live. This is, in theory, a good thing. It indicates a return to normality for the city of nearly 100,000, all of whom…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Michigan Is Trying to Blame a Local Hospital for Flint Water Crisis Deaths

At the height of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, 12 people died. A couple studies earlier this year concluded that the water switch that resulted in lead contamination of the water supply also caused an outbreak of Legionnaires disease. Now, some officials at the state level disagree. Rather than taking responsibility, the Michigan Department…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Is Michigan’s Ambitious New Drinking Water Rule Enough to Protect Communities From Lead?

Seems like Michigan learned its lesson on lead exposure after what happened in the city of Flint. The state is on the verge of implementing the nation’s tightest drinking water rules around lead. If all goes smoothly, the state’s new Lead and Copper Rule should be live by the end of the week. Though a…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Incredible Art Exhibit Turns Flint’s Water Crisis Into Sustainable Fashion

Political art doesn’t always involve the people it represents, but artist Mel Chin isn’t one to let them take a back seat in his pieces. He immerses himself in the communities that inspire him—like Flint, Michigan. One of his latest pieces, “Flint Fit,” took that city’s environmental crisis and turned it into sustainable fashion. On…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

After Public Backlash, Nestlé Will Give Flint More Water

Some residents of Flint, Michigan, were not happy when they found out last month Nestlé was going to pump more water out of a nearby spring and pay close to nothing—especially given that just a few days later, the state ended the city’s free water distribution program. Well, maybe they’ll be a little more warm…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Michelle Wolf Was Right About the Flint Water Crisis

Anyone paying attention knows that the drama around the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is far from over. Comedian Michelle Wolf sure knows. While she took some heat during her White House Correspondents Dinner performance for some of her no-bullshit jokes, most people seemed to miss her call out to Flint at the end. “Flint…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

No More Free Water Bottles For Flint Residents

If residents in Flint, Michigan, need some bottled water, they can’t rely on the state anymore. The city of nearly 100,000 is still reeling—nearly four years later—from a crisis that left residents (and their children) exposed to dangerous levels of lead in their water supply. However, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced Friday everything…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Nestle Free to Pump Even More Water Near Flint While Residents Face Shutoffs

Residents in Flint, Michigan, are still relying on bottled water for their everyday needs. Don’t count on finding Nestlé water in many homes, though. You can, however, find Nestlé about 100 miles away drawing huge amounts of water from the White Pine Springs—for just $200 a year. That’s got many Michigan residents pissed. So pissed,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Flint Kids Were Being Poisoned by Lead Before the Water Crisis Even Began

Over the weekend, I gave my eight-year-old nephew his first lesson on lead poisoning. He had never heard of the toxic metal, or the ways it can enter the bloodstream and lead to decreased IQ scores in kids and joint pain in adults. I’m sure neither had the children of Flint, Michigan—at least not until…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

You Need to Watch This New Netflix Series on Flint

The story of Flint, Michigan, begins long before the lead-tainted water crisis that threw the city into a national spotlight in 2015. And it’ll continue long after the ongoing crisis ends. That’s the premise of the new Netflix docuseries Flint Town coming out Friday. The eight-episode show has little to do with the water crisis that…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

New Report Pins Legal Blame on Governor for Flint Water Crisis

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has largely been safe from official blame regarding the lead-tainted water crisis in the city of Flint—until now. Researchers with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the Network for Public Health Law released a report Wednesday that details the “legal responsibility” that fell upon Snyder throughout the water…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

We Finally Know Exactly How the Flint Water Crisis Killed 12 People

In the predominantly black city of Flint, Michigan, 12 people died and at least 87 people got sick between 2014 and 2015—the result of a deadly bacterial outbreak that was suspected to have been triggered by the same water crisis that saw lead leach into the water supply. A pair of studies out this week…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Flint’s New Registry Will Help Residents Get the Healthcare They Need

In 2014, residents in the predominantly black city of Flint, Michigan, were exposed to lead in their drinking water. Now, nearly four years later, a registry finally exists to help the state identify everyone that was exposed, and better provide them access to helpful resources. The idea is to monitor people’s continued exposure —not just…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Flint Heads Back to Court Because It Just Can’t Get Its Shit Together

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, might feel like forever ago for some. “Isn’t that over?” folks have asked me. The short answer: no. The fear of lead contamination is still palpable in the predominantly black city and, according to a new motion filed in court Wednesday, fixing the problem isn’t going as smoothly as…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

After the Water Crisis, Thanksgiving In Flint Is About Healing

Thanksgiving will never be the same for families in Flint, Michigan, the city that made national news in 2015 for its lead-contaminated drinking water. Mae Collins, 50, is no exception. Her annual family tradition has changed drastically since 2014, when city officials switched the city’s drinking water source to the Flint River, turning tap water…

Earther Yessenia Funes

Why Environmentalists Should Be Furious About Trumpcare

Healthcare is set to change dramatically under President Donald Trump. While he couldn’t get the Affordable Care Act repealed or replaced, he found a way to undermine it instead. Hello, Trumpcare. On Oct. 12, the president issued an executive order to help promote “healthcare choice and competition.” In reality, this order will lead to disastrous…

Earther Yessenia Funes

EPA Blames Itself For Flint Water Crisis

Who the Hell Names Beer After the Flint Water Crisis? [Updated]

Here’s What Flint’s Mayor Wants Elon Musk to Do

Doctor Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis Opens Up About Trust and Trauma

Michigan Is Done Helping Flint Test Its Water

Michigan Is Trying to Blame a Local Hospital for Flint Water Crisis Deaths

Is Michigan’s Ambitious New Drinking Water Rule Enough to Protect Communities From Lead?

Incredible Art Exhibit Turns Flint’s Water Crisis Into Sustainable Fashion

After Public Backlash, Nestlé Will Give Flint More Water

Michelle Wolf Was Right About the Flint Water Crisis

No More Free Water Bottles For Flint Residents

Nestle Free to Pump Even More Water Near Flint While Residents Face Shutoffs

Flint Kids Were Being Poisoned by Lead Before the Water Crisis Even Began

You Need to Watch This New Netflix Series on Flint

New Report Pins Legal Blame on Governor for Flint Water Crisis

We Finally Know Exactly How the Flint Water Crisis Killed 12 People

Flint’s New Registry Will Help Residents Get the Healthcare They Need

Flint Heads Back to Court Because It Just Can’t Get Its Shit Together

After the Water Crisis, Thanksgiving In Flint Is About Healing

Why Environmentalists Should Be Furious About Trumpcare

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