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The Natural Resources Defense Council has created a nationwide map of locations for some 9.2 million lead service lines. The map is based on Environmental Protection Agency data.

The deadline is part of a settlement of lawsuit brought by Flint residents.

“The City of Flint’s ongoing failures to finish the job it committed to in 2017 are causing new harms to the Flint community," said Sarah Tallman, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

"The city has mismanaged this program and has missed its deadlines,” said NRDC attorney Addie Rolnick.

Last week, state House members grilled DTE and Consumers Energy officials about the outages. This week, it's the Senate's turn

Under a 2017 legal settlement, the city agreed to completely replace all lead and galvanized service lines. The city received several extensions to get the work done. But as of Friday’s the deadline, city officials estimate only about 95% have been replaced.

A federal law blamed in part for slowing the response to the Flint water crisis is getting a major revision.Andrew Wheeler is the Environmental Protection…

Environmental groups and consumer advocates want electric utilities to think more long term. The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan, the Michigan…

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has dismissed a case that would have undone the state’s new Lead and Copper Rule.The rule went into effect last year. It…

Flint leaders say the city is a year ahead of schedule in its program to find and replace lead pipes.Flint Mayor Karen Weaver says the contractors have…