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Behind The Lens episode 256: ‘A Difficult Endeavor’


This week on Behind The Lens, because the federal authorities proclaims a rule to get rid of all lead pipes throughout the subsequent decade, assessments by native nonprofit The Water Collaborative discovered lead in consuming water at 88% of New Orleans houses examined.

A proposed Biden-administration regulation change might bar the state from utilizing federal {dollars} for child-protective investigations, controversial disaster being pregnant facilities, and scale back the quantity of pre-kindergarten funding.

In an effort to persuade Tulane College to divest from fossil fuels, college students say they need to battle geography, historical past, and the varsity’s tutorial partnerships with the oil and fuel business.

Our visitors this week are Lens reporters Delaney Dryfoos, Nick Chrastil, and freelance reporter Jay Marcano. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Further music Turquoise by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most lately as Govt Director at an NPR member station in Colorado the place she was accountable for new multi-platform content material initiatives, strategic…
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