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Deborah Rose<p>The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, provides $15 billion nationwide in funding through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) for lead service line (LSL) identification and replacement for over the next five years. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeadPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPipes</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/services/funding/lead-service-line-funding.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_wa</span><span class="invisible">ter/services/funding/lead-service-line-funding.html</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The water investments in the bipartisan package were also Harris’ ideas. She was the lead author on [a law] that would replace <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeadPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPipes</span></a>. Today, $15bn is being spent on this effort across the country, and the Biden-Harris administration is on track to replace 1.7m lead pipes.</p><p>When it comes to protecting people and the planet, Harris has been ahead of her time. After decades of effort, her vision for a cleaner environment has slowly but surely made its way into law."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law</span></a></p>
Clay Rivers<p>💛 “Diversifying Citizen Science&nbsp;Projects”</p><p>Citizen science projects tend to attract white, affluent, well-educated volunteers — here’s how we recruited a more diverse group to identify lead pipes in&nbsp;homes.<br>—<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Inequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LeadPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPipes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LeadinWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadinWater</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@BigAngBlack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BigAngBlack</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chirp.social/@BlackMastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlackMastodon@chirp.social</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.ohfweekly.org/diversifying-citizen-science-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ohfweekly.org/diversifying-cit</span><span class="invisible">izen-science-projects/</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>EPA proposes requirement to remove lead pipes from US water systems within 10 years</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/health/lead-water-pipes-removed-10-years-epa-proposed-rule?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/11/30/health/lead</span><span class="invisible">-water-pipes-removed-10-years-epa-proposed-rule?cid=ios_app</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LeadPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPipes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WaterSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RemovalRequirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemovalRequirement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The toxic, corrosive reason <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/saltwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saltwater</span></a> intrusion would be a catastrophe for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a></p><p>By Ella Nilsen, CNN </p><p>Published Oct 16, 2023 12:14 PM EDT</p><p>"It would be a nightmare for any city: A massive wedge of saltwater creeping up the Mississippi River, contaminating drinking water at treatment plants one-by-one and threatening the health of hundreds of thousands of residents.</p><p>"But it’s a looming catastrophe for New Orleans, where officials estimate that tens of thousands of the city’s water pipes are made of lead.</p><p>"New Orleans is far from the only city in the US with lead pipes, but over the last few weeks it faced the possibility that, without a herculean and costly effort to stop it, saltwater could corrode those pipes and leach toxic metals into the drinking water supply."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/the-toxic-corrosive-reason-saltwater-intrusion-would-be-a-catastrophe-for-new-orleans/1587824" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/the-toxic-corrosive-reason-saltwater-intrusion-would-be-a-catastrophe-for-new-orleans/1587824</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeadPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPipes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeadPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldHouses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldHouses</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a></p>
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