A few weeks ago I posed a question here based on something Flint attorney Alec Gibbs had told me back in 2014 about the possible origins of the KWA pipeline. “Could the Flint water crisis have its origins in a desire to open up new areas of Michigan to fracking?,” I asked. And, since then, […]
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Was the road to Flint paved by frackers?
Posted in energy, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alec Gibbs, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Andy Dillon, Ed Kurtz, Flint, Flint water crisis, fracking, John Wilson, KWA, KWA pipeline, lead, Rick Snyder, Western Land Services 14 Comments
Could the Flint water crisis have its origins in a desire to open up new areas of Michigan to fracking?
In July of 2014 I interviewed Flint attorney Alec Gibbs about the state takeover of Flint, why it happened, and the damage that, by that point, was already underway. It was a great discussion. And, because Gibbs got into a lot of depth not only about what had happened in Flint, but the history of […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged Alec Gibbs, conspiracy theories, Flint, Flint water crisis, fracking, KWA, KWA pipeline, lead, lead poisoning, public health, Rick Snyder, water 68 Comments
Flint’s Mayor declares state of emergency as lead poisoning cases increase in wake of water fiasco
In hopes of attracting federal public health resources to Flint, where an alarmingly large portion of the population is suffering from lead poisoning as a result of the government’s mismanagement of water resources, the city’s new Mayor, Karen Weaver, declared a state of emergency last night. This comes just months after Flint’s Hurley Medical Center […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Andy Dillon, Brad Wurfel, copper, Emergency Manager, Erin Brockovich, Flint, Flint River, Hurley Medical Center, lead, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Lindsey Smith, Marc Edwards, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, public health, public health emergency, Rick Snyder, state of emergency, water, water fountains 38 Comments