cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20665840

President Biden on Tuesday announced $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States as part of a new EPA rule that will require lead pipes to be identified and replaced within 10 years using the new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, I didn’t initially recognize the $700 million not because I hadn’t read the article but because my brain genuinely couldn’t reach the conclusion quickly enough that you were actually so mind-numbingly inept to take one city, Milwaukee, and say “oh, okay, I guess we can extrapolate that to every city now” (bearing in mind that actual estimates already exist). I guess the US is just several dozen Milwaukees in a trenchcoat.

      And yes, mhm, that vegan troll sub. That’s us I guess. Hi.