Sunday, June 1, 2025

Tag: lead pipes

Thanks to the Infrastructure bill, the US will work on replacing...

“The American Jobs Plan creates jobs replacing 100% of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines so every American, so every child – can turn on the faucet and be certain to drink clean water.”

White House unveils plan to replace all lead pipes in next...

“The bottom line is that there is no reason in the 21st century for why people are still exposed to this substance that was poisoning people back in the 18th century.”

Two, Three… Many Flints

Flint may be years away from a solution to its current crisis, but in a few cities elsewhere in the country, there is, at least, a modicum of hope when it comes to developing ways to begin to address this country’s poisonous past.

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This campaign against deportation flights shows how to target companies enabling Trump

A multiracial crowd of all ages carrying witty signs and chanting: Their target was the commercial airline Avelo, which has proposed operating as an ICE subcontractor to carry out deportation flights. 

Family sues fossil fuel giants for wrongful death in first climate disaster case of...

In a legal first, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel...

Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?

President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
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US military vets and allies begin 40-day hunger strike for Gaza

The hunger strikers are gathering at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. for their action.

22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing fossil fuels over...

In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.