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Biden Administration Announces Plan to Replace 100% of Lead Pipes in U.S. Homes

posted by martyb on Friday December 17 2021, @10:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-the-lead-out dept.

takyon writes:

Biden administration announces plan to replace 100% of lead pipes in US homes

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a "whole of government strategy" to remove dangerous lead from Americans' drinking water, including billions of dollars to begin replacing 100% of the lead pipes servicing the nation's homes.

Environmental groups praised the plan, which includes a promise to begin the process of strengthening the nation's drinking water standards to reflect the science showing that lead is toxic for children at any level.

But lawyers at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which has been leading efforts to fight lead, said they worry that the plan lacks a solid timeline and fails to deliver enforceable requirements.

The set of actions announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) included the release of the first $2.9bn of $15bn approved in Biden's infrastructure plan for local water agencies to begin replacing lead pipes and called for the efforts to focus on the low-income communities who face the most risk of lead poisoning. It also listed 15 new actions across 10 federal agencies to address lead dangers from both water and paint.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by mcgrew on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:27PM (1 child)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:27PM (#1206226) Homepage Journal

    As if the previous president did? You know, the one who spent almost that much lowering his own taxes (but not yours or mine)?

    You Republicans seem to have forgotten the difference between an expenditure and an investment. Trump's fiscal inanity was an expenditure, Biden's is an investment.

    Ever hear of Dwight Eisenhower? Republican president, spent shitloads building the interstate highway system and NASA. Those are investments that paid the kind of dividends Biden is hoping for, we'll see. In the '50s Republicans knew the difference between an expenditure and an investment, but apparently no longer.

    PS: your house payment is an investment. Your car payment is an expenditure. Learn the difference or suffer.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:30PM (#1206228)

    And that money we spent on Trump golf carts... I'm gonna go with... investment?