Tag: Michigan

Residents are building a movement across the state – writing letter, holding town meetings and going door-to-door – to "protect their most important local resource."

“Ongoing challenges remain years later for Flint residents, and it’s important that we don’t forget our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster.”

Flint’s water problems started in April 2014 when the city switched its water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River.

Prosecutors will try to prove five Michigan officials were responsible for a Legionnaires’ death because they knew about the problem, but failed to warn the public. Similar cases of environmental disasters have not resulted in convictions, but there are reasons Flint could break the mold.

Meanwhile, three years after the Flint water crisis began, pipes still have not been fixed and water is still considered unsafe to drink.

Michigan regulators treated African American residents unfairly during the permitting of a power plant in Flint, feds say

Other states that have banned local plastic bag ordinances include Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida and Arizona.

Though some of the water use restriction have been lifted for some residents, two-thirds of those living in the Texas city are still forced to rely on bottled water for drinking and cooking.

These victories—many of them bipartisan—across the country give hope for 2017.

The Flint water crisis began when unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder, switched the source of the city’s drinking water from the Detroit system to the corrosive Flint River.