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Years After Flint Water Crisis, Lead Lingers in School Buildings Across the Nation In its 2021 budget, Congress included millions for lead testing in schools, where children are still exposed to the toxic metal. Community organizers in Flint, Michigan utilize a closed elementary school to distribute bottled water after the Flint water crisis. Photo: 2016 Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Jane Johnston, Circle of Blue  The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod...

For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 22, 2020 DENVER -- While the COVID-19 pandemic cast a tragic shadow across the United States in 2020, environmental advocates at the national, state and municipal levels were still able to effect change this past year. Highlights included helping to enhance our country’s commitment to conserving land and wildlife, advancing renewable energy usage, decreasing plastic waste and creating cleaner transportation and water.  “By all accounts, 2020 has been a trying year, but we must take hope from the fact that so many Americans -- and their leaders ...