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
The revived criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis expanded this week with charges now expected against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other ex-officials for their role in the environmental catastrophe that devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water, according to press reports and defense attorneys.The state attorney general’s office informed some defense lawyers about upcoming indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances
Former Gov. Rick Snyder to be charged with crime in Flint water crisis, AP reports
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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FLINT, MI Former Gov. Rick Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged for crimes related to the Flint water crisis, the Associated Press is reporting.
Snyder, who served as governor during the water crisis, appointed a series of emergency financial managers who ran Flint government before and during the water crisis, and has previously apologized for state government’s role in the emergency.
The AP did not detail the potential charge or charges facing the former governor, whose cabinet members downplayed the seriousness of the water crisis for most of 2014 and 2015, a time when emergency managers appointed by Snyder made a series of decisions that led to the city’s use of the Flint River as its source of drinking water.
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Aquila Resources proposed gold and zinc mine would come within 150 feet of the Menominee River.
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Michigan environmental regulators’ decision to grant a controversial wetlands permit for an open-pit mine on the banks of the Menominee River was revoked in a final decision Monday by a Michigan judge.
The ruling is a win for the Menominee Indian Tribe and opponents of the Back Forty mine proposed by Toronto-based Aquila Resources. The company wants to mine primarily gold and zinc from a 750-foot deep open pit that would come within 150 feet of the Menominee River.