Flint’s woes “not just about water,” Rep. Kildee tells water recovery group
By Jan Worth-Nelson Even before the water crisis hit, U.S Representative Dan Kildee reminded about 100 members of the Flint Recovery Group Aug. 4 under the dome at City Hall, Flint was already “one mistake from a crisis.” And in the devastating wake of a whole series of mistakes and misdeeds, Flint is just one example – a portentous one — of what happens to what he said some view as “throwaway cities” around the country that...
Flint can be lead-free and a national model of renewal, Flint Mayor Weaver says
By Jan Worth-Nelson While acknowledging that Flint has many hurdles to overcome in recovering from its water crisis, Mayor Karen Weaver said in her first State of the City address Aug. 4 that progress is real and that Flint can become a national model of renewal. And she vowed to replace “every last lead-tainted pipe in Flint” for every Flint resident “until the job is done.” Weaver said the next round of the city’s Fast Start pipe...
Access to lead-fighting food expanded in Double-Up Bucks program
By Stacie Scherman Many low-income Flint residents now have greater access to lead-fighting fruits, vegetables, and milk, thanks to a recent Double Up Food Bucks expansion in Flint. According to a press release, Fair Food Network (FFN), the nonprofit organization behind Double Up, has committed up to $750,000 to fund the expansion through December 2017. According to Emilie Engelhard, communications director of FFN, the Double Up...
“Things went tragically wrong in Flint,” Schuette says, charging six more in water crisis
By Jan Worth-Nelson Declaring “The families of Flint will not be forgotten,” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Friday announced criminal charges against six state employees alleged to be implicated in the Flint water crisis. “Many things went tragically wrong in Flint,” Schuette said. “Some people failed to act, others minimized harm done and arrogantly chose to ignore data, some intentionally...
Flint water crisis “a shocking denial of what should be a right,” NRDC expert tells visiting scribes
By Jan Worth-Nelson At the heart of the Flint water crisis is “a failure and a shocking denial of what should be a right…a failure at every level of government,” an attorney for the Natural Resource Defense Council told a group of environmental journalists meeting in Flint July 22. What has happened in Flint is “an extraordinarily important point of reality for the United States of America,” according to Henry Henderson, Midwest...
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