The Lever - EPA’s Pipe Dream Comes True

Friends:

Good things are happening! Environmental regulators overturn decades of precedent to keep water safe, legislation against dark money could have a chance nationwide, blood-poisoning and climate-threatening chemicals get the boot, and Google has a big, bad week. 

But first, our chart-topping investigative audio series Master Plan has been nominated as a finalist for two major podcast awards — Best News & Politics Series and Best Writing — in the prestigious Signal Awards. You can help us win by voting for our project.

Together, we can win these awards and prove that independent investigative journalism can achieve wide success while holding the powerful accountable.

Rock the boat.

A Lead Pipe Dream Comes True

What was once a pipe dream is now a reality. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final lead pipe rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years, mandating more rigorous testing, and setting the strictest limits on the matter since federal lead standards were first created decades ago to help prevent exposure to the dangerous neurotoxin.