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Obama visits Michigan amid Flint water scandal, Detroit school crisis
2016-01-21 01:11:23| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
President Barack Obama visited Detroit on Wednesday to highlight a resurgence in the auto industry, but various crises confronting Michigan -- including poisoned water in Flint and school funding woes in Detroit -- also occupied some of his itinerary. Speaking at a joint General Motors-United Auto Workers facility, Obama opened his speech decrying the water contamination calamity, which has spurred accusations of government negligence and cover-ups.
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Michigan Governor in Hot Water Over Flint Water Crisis
2016-01-16 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, a Republican, Thursday asked President Barack Obama to declare both an emergency and an expedited major disaster for Genesee County as a result of ongoing emergency water response efforts in the city of Flint. Snyder requested federal aid in the form of individual and public assistance to help residents and state and local government agencies to protect the health, safety and welfare of Flint`s more than 102,400 residents. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles...
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Did Michigan officials hide the truth about lead in Flint?
2016-01-15 01:04:00| Waste Management - Topix.net
Michigan officials may have altered sample data to lower the city of Flint's water lead-level reports, according to official documents and a researcher who conducted extensive tests there over the last six months. Documents and emails show discrepancies between two reports detailing the toxicity of lead samples collected by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Flint between February and June 2015, Professor Marc Edwards from Virginia Tech University said.
In reversal, rising death rates among middle-age whites in Michigan
2016-01-12 16:52:11| Furniture - Topix.net
Standing outside the Guiding Light Mission in Grand Rapids, Dave, 47, fell out of a middle-class life after he lost his job at office furniture maker Steelcase Inc. A high school dropout, he'd worked in an auto body shop and in production at the office furniture maker, Steelcase, Inc., making as much as $50,000 a year. But in 2003, after 13 years, he was caught in a wave of job cuts that swept through the furniture industry.
Ford, U Michigan collaborating on enablers for autonomous driving in the snow; high-resolution 3D mapping
2016-01-12 10:55:34| Green Car Congress
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