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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @11:17PM (1 child)
While I do blame Biden and the democrats for some of the inflation I can't blame it all on them.
The chip shortage thing started before Biden it just didn't really become that noticeable until after Biden got into office.
While I don't blame Trump for it I would say it started about two years or so before Trump. I used to keep track of prices of computers and video cards and the prices of everything bottomed out about two years or so before Biden was elected. After that they slowly started increasing.
I would say there are multiple factors. Some of it is inflation, sure. Some of it also seems to correlated with the advent of crypto. Some of it also seems to be correlated with all the tech mergers and acquisitions that have been occurring over the past decades before. There is less competition. Some of it is the fact that chips are in everything now compared to before. There are more people as well and so more demand for chips and the raw materials. More businesses have been starting websites, adding computers and tech, going digital, etc... so more demand.
Yeah, during the pandemic, more people bought tech to work from home as well. More demand.
Some if it may be due to more patents, lawsuits, etc... though I would say that's not a huge factor.
I'm sure there are other factors. It's hard to say but it's also hard to blame it on Biden, or any one person, as this has been going on before him.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @11:18PM
err ... I would say it started about two years or so before Biden got elected (not Trump *). While Trump was in office. Don't know why I mistyped that *