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- Third hearing on the Flint water crisis held before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Testimony is heard from Gina McCarthy, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder acknowledges failures by Michigan government says that the emergency financial manager system failed in Flint, but blames the EPA and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for covering up the crisis. McCarthy says that no one at the EPA did anything wrong and that they of the EPA staff involved did what they could to prevent and later solve the crisis. McCarthy also blames Flint's emergency manager for switching the water source and the State of Michigan for not requiring the use of corrosion control chemicals. Committee members challenge both McCarthy's and Snyder's testimony and several members call on both Snyder and McCarthy to resign.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Sara Fingal (Lyman Briggs College) moderates, "The Flint Water Crisis: A Panel Discussion." Panelists include Dr. Susan Masten, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MSU, Bishop Bernadel Jefferson, of the Faith Deliverance Center Church and the Democratic Defense League of Flint, MI, Jennifer Carrera, professor of Sociology and Environmental Science at MSU, and Melissa Mays, founder of "Water You Fighting For?" of Flint, MI. Masten presents a timeline of events surrounding the crisis and discusses the chemical imbalances and additives currently found in the the Flint water supply. Jefferson discusses the decision by the city of Flint to move from using the Detroit water supply to water from the Flint River, and the community coming together to fight the switch. Carrera examines the sociopolitical issues surrounding the crisis, the legal environment that allowed the crisis to arise in the first place, and the importance of the struggle as an example of the power of organized communities to bring change. Mays discusses lead and copper poisoning, organizing citizens to fight government injustice, and bringing the Flint struggle to national attention. Fingal is introduced by Anne Ferguson, co-director of the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context. Panelists answer questions from the audience. Co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, the MSU Gender Justice & Environmental Change Program, the MSU Department of Community Sustainability, and the MSU Lyman Briggs College. .
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty participates in a discussion entitled, "Looking at Flint : the past, present, and future of the city". Panelists describe their research, teaching and writing efforts and explore the current challenges faced by the citizens of Flint, especially the condition of the municipal water system, and the many economic, education, and health issues facing them. Panelists are Mary Schulz of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Debra Furr-Holden, professor of Human Medicine, Rick Sadler, professor of Human Medicine, Manuel Chavez, professor of Journalism, and Trixie Smith, of the MSU Writing Center. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, dean of the MSU Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by the MSU Honors College. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The second hearing and testimony on the Flint Water Crisis before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Features testimony from Susan Hedman, former Region 5 Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Darnell Earley, former Emergency Financial Manager of the city of Flint, MI, Dayne Walling, former Flint Mayor and Marc Edwards, professor of Environmental and Water Engineering at Virginia Tech University. Hedman tells committee members that the lead contamination should have never happened and that the EPA had nothing to do with the corrosive water. Earley asserts that he did not make any decision to switch water sources and blames his predecessor. Walling says that he regrets assuring Flint's citizens that the water was safe to drink but claims that the crisis wasn't his fault because he did not have authority to make budget decisions. Edwards says that the EPA had everything to do with the water being poisoned and alleges that the agency falsified scientific reports to cover up the crisis.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Sara Fingal (Lyman Briggs College) moderates, "The Flint Water Crisis: A Panel Discussion." Panelists include Dr. Susan Masten, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MSU, Bishop Bernadel Jefferson, of the Faith Deliverance Center Church and the Democratic Defense League of Flint, MI, Jennifer Carrera, professor of Sociology and Environmental Science at MSU, and Melissa Mays, founder of "Water You Fighting For?" of Flint, MI. Masten presents a timeline of events surrounding the crisis and discusses the chemical imbalances and additives currently found in the the Flint water supply. Jefferson discusses the decision by the city of Flint to move from using the Detroit water supply to water from the Flint River, and the community coming together to fight the switch. Carrera examines the sociopolitical issues surrounding the crisis, the legal environment that allowed the crisis to arise in the first place, and the importance of the struggle as an example of the power of organized communities to bring change. Mays discusses lead and copper poisoning, organizing citizens to fight government injustice, and bringing the Flint struggle to national attention. Fingal is introduced by Anne Ferguson, co-director of the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context. Panelists answer questions from the audience. Co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, the MSU Gender Justice & Environmental Change Program, the MSU Department of Community Sustainability, and the MSU Lyman Briggs College. .
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The second hearing and testimony on the Flint Water Crisis before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Features testimony from Susan Hedman, former Region 5 Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Darnell Earley, former Emergency Financial Manager of the city of Flint, MI, Dayne Walling, former Flint Mayor and Marc Edwards, professor of Environmental and Water Engineering at Virginia Tech University. Hedman tells committee members that the lead contamination should have never happened and that the EPA had nothing to do with the corrosive water. Earley asserts that he did not make any decision to switch water sources and blames his predecessor. Walling says that he regrets assuring Flint's citizens that the water was safe to drink but claims that the crisis wasn't his fault because he did not have authority to make budget decisions. Edwards says that the EPA had everything to do with the water being poisoned and alleges that the agency falsified scientific reports to cover up the crisis.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty participates in a discussion entitled, "Looking at Flint : the past, present, and future of the city". Panelists describe their research, teaching and writing efforts and explore the current challenges faced by the citizens of Flint, especially the condition of the municipal water system, and the many economic, education, and health issues facing them. Panelists are Mary Schulz of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Debra Furr-Holden, professor of Human Medicine, Rick Sadler, professor of Human Medicine, Manuel Chavez, professor of Journalism, and Trixie Smith, of the MSU Writing Center. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, dean of the MSU Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by the MSU Honors College. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Third hearing on the Flint water crisis held before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Testimony is heard from Gina McCarthy, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder acknowledges failures by Michigan government says that the emergency financial manager system failed in Flint, but blames the EPA and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for covering up the crisis. McCarthy says that no one at the EPA did anything wrong and that they of the EPA staff involved did what they could to prevent and later solve the crisis. McCarthy also blames Flint's emergency manager for switching the water source and the State of Michigan for not requiring the use of corrosion control chemicals. Committee members challenge both McCarthy's and Snyder's testimony and several members call on both Snyder and McCarthy to resign.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection