Flint water

EPA Inspector Cites EPA, MDEQ For Slow Action To Solve Flint Water Crisis

LANSING - Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality failed to comply with the federal Lead and Copper Rule and were too slow to react when problems were found with the Flint water system, an EPA Office of Inspector General report released Thursday said. The report found that the DEQ, in

By |2018-07-20T19:11:39-04:00July 20th, 2018|Clean Update, Politics|

Contrite Snyder Says He Will Release Emails On Flint

LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said tonight at the opening of his State of the State speech that he will release his emails from 2014 and 2015 on Flint water. Whether that will include just Snyder’s emails or those of all those in the Executive Office was not immediately clear. Under the Freedom of Information

By |2016-01-19T21:16:52-05:00January 19th, 2016|Featured, Politics|

Mistakes In Flint Water Change Mean Leadership Change At DEQ

LANSING – Heads will soon be rolling at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality where officials failed to follow proper treatment and testing protocols when Flint moved from the Detroit water system to drawing from the Flint River and took too long to fix the problem once they discovered their error. Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant said

By |2015-10-19T22:11:19-04:00October 19th, 2015|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|