Mark Maynard | Marc Edwards

In an ironic twist, House Republicans, who, up until a few weeks ago, wanted to see the EPA dismantled, argued this morning that what happened in Flint was due to the agency not being aggressive enough

By Mark | February 3, 2016

Several people testified before the House Oversight Committee today about the poisoning of Flint’s citizens, including Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards and Flint resident Lee Anne Walters. While most of the local coverage, I suspect, will focus on Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s forceful promise early in the proceedings to have the U.S. Marshals “hunt down” former […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged corrosion control, Dan Kildee, Darnell Earley, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, House of Representatives, House Oversight Committee, irony, Jason Chaffetz, Joel Beauvais, Keith Creagh, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, Lee Anne Walters, MDEQ, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Miguel Del Toral, water | 18 Comments

Homeless students share their stories, a Flint mother tells about the poisoning of her family, and a local business owner divulges details of his rock and roll past… on episode 36 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 19, 2016

HOMELESSNESS AMONG STUDENTS IN WASHTENAW COUNTY… After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with Eastern Michigan University student Ramone Williams, the subject of a recent investigative piece on homelessness among Michigan’s college students. Williams told us about the circumstances that lead […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Local Business, Michigan, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Allie Schachter, anemia, Brittney Barros, charity, Chris Stranad, citizen scientist, Coming Down is Harder, compassion, corrosion control, coverups, Eastern Michigan University, Education Project for Homeless Youth, Emergency Manager, empathy, EMU, entrepreneurship, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, failure to thrive, Fantasee Lighting, Flint, Flint River, Grand Funk Railroad, Grande Ballroom, Grateful, homelessness, housing instability, Illuminart, Kate de Fuccio, Keith Richards, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Led Zeppelin, Lee Anne Walters, lighting, Magic, McKinney-Vento, MDEQ, Megan DeVoe, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, National Science Foundation, Ozone House, Pete Larson, public health, public health emergency, Ramone Williams, Rick Snyder, scandals, Six Pack Portrait Project, Stefan Graf, things I'm thankful for, water | 12 Comments

Snyder appointed task force deflects blame from Governor in Flint water crisis, identifies scapegoat

By Mark | January 3, 2016

For those of you who don’t follow the news over the holidays, choosing instead to focus on family and football, there was a significant development in the Flint water saga between Christmas and New Year’s Day… The task force Govern Sndyer appointed to figure out what happened in Flint that left an alarming number of […]

Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, Brad Wurfel, cover-up, Dan Wyant, Emergency Manager, Flint, Flint water crisis, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Mona Hanna-Attisha, public health, public health emergency, Rick Snyder, Sara Wurfel, transparency, water | 7 Comments

Flint’s Mayor declares state of emergency as lead poisoning cases increase in wake of water fiasco

By Mark | December 15, 2015

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, Karegnondi Water Authority, lead, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Lindsey Smith, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, public health, public health emergency, Rick Snyder, state of emergency, water, water fountains | 38 Comments

Tag Archives: Marc Edwards

In an ironic twist, House Republicans, who, up until a few weeks ago, wanted to see the EPA dismantled, argued this morning that what happened in Flint was due to the agency not being aggressive enough

Homeless students share their stories, a Flint mother tells about the poisoning of her family, and a local business owner divulges details of his rock and roll past… on episode 36 of The Saturday Six Pack

Snyder appointed task force deflects blame from Governor in Flint water crisis, identifies scapegoat

Flint’s Mayor declares state of emergency as lead poisoning cases increase in wake of water fiasco

Connect

Recent Comments

Elsewhere

Arts and Culture

Friends

Information, News & Politics

Organizations

SE Michigan Blogs

Special Projects

Ypsi Living

Search