Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
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Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
Report: Michigan Ex-Gov. Snyder Charged in Flint Water Probe
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, The Associated Press has learned.
Two people with knowledge of the planned prosecution told the AP on Jan. 12 that the attorney general’s office has informed defense lawyers about indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances soon. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (Photo by John McNeil)
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday evening that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will receive charges of willful neglect in the Flint Water Crisis.
The charges stem from Snyder’s role in the crisis, during which a series of decisions left Flint with lead-contaminated water and an outbreak of Legionnairesâ disease.
âWe believe there is no evidence to support any criminal charges against Gov. Snyder,â defense attorney Brian Lennon said Wednesday.
The AP reports that the charge offense date is listed as April 25, 2014. At that time, an emergency manager who was appointed by Snyder made the decision to switch the city water supply to the Flint River while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was being constructed.
Share January 14, 2021, 8:56 AM A mad dash of phone calls in October 2014 may imply that former Gov. Rick Snyder was aware of Flint s Legionnaires disease outbreak far earlier than he admits to, a new report claims. Former Gov. Rick Snyder (file photo) Snyder has testified that he became aware of the water crisis in January 2016, and informed the public the following day. The Legionnaires outbreak, also tied to the water supply but with far more connected deaths officially 12, but likely more took longer to tie to the change in Flint s water supply, which happened in April 2014. According to the findings of an investigation launched by Nessel’s predecessor, then-Attorney General Bill Schuette, Snyder was involved in a mad dash of phone calls in October 2014 at the same time the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint was raising alarm bells among state health and environmental officials yet still unknown to the Flint residents drink
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FLINT Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, The Associated Press has learned.
Two people with knowledge of the planned prosecution told the AP on Tuesday that the attorney general’s office has informed defense lawyers about indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances soon. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.