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Flint crisis renews calls to replace all lead pipes in America

by PRIDE Newsdesk • February 18, 2016

Near the end of a press conference on the Flint water crisis, one reporter repeatedly asked Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder why the lead pipes that have been poisoning the town weren’t going to be replaced as soon as possible. The…

by Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent • August 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the air quality at their perimeters. These fence line measurements will give surrounding communities (largely low-income communities of color) data on…

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Tag Archive for EPA

Flint crisis renews calls to replace all lead pipes in America

by PRIDE Newsdesk • February 18, 2016

EPA to require ‘air pollution measurements’ in Black communities

by Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent • August 22, 2014