So BP spills a ton of oil into the GOM and we all get up in arms. We curse them and demand they make it right (which they did, to the best of their ability) then on top of that we tell them "that's not enough, we need $10 billion." I think we all agree that the BP spill was the result of overconfidence in their design (sic. incompetence to some degree) and was in no way intentional.
"An estimated 1 million gallons of waste water spilled out of an abandoned mine area in the southern part of the state last week, turning the Animas River orange and prompting the Environmental Protection Agency to tell locals to avoid it."
"According to the EPA, the spill occurred when one of its teams was using heavy equipment to enter the Gold King Mine, a suspended mine near Durango. Instead of entering the mine and beginning the process of pumping and treating the contaminated water inside as planned, the team accidentally caused it to flow into the nearby Animas River. Before the spill, water carrying "metals pollution" was flowing into a holding area outside the mine."
Is there any outrage, namely from Colorado residents who are by-in-large some of the greatest opponents to mining and oil and gas exploration? Doesn't seem to be. If the mining company had done this while the mine was active what would the outcry have been?
Aug 10, 2015 2:19pm
wkfan
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 2:57 PM
we will hear nothing by crickets about this from the MSM.....
Make Obama pay mofo
Obama set the standard to hang those that cause pollution .... what good for the goose is good for the gander.. every top employee of the EPA should be fired... now
Aug 10, 2015 3:55pm
QuakerOats
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 4:13 PM
EPA overreach backfires yet again --- de-fund the radicals !!!
Aug 10, 2015 4:13pm
Belly35
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 4:14 PM
We could make the Obama's swim in it or illegal swim across great boarder security idea...
Aug 10, 2015 4:14pm
QuakerOats
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 4:30 PM
Imagine the fish kill ...........oh and the birds and other waterfowl, and the other animals who used it as a water source; oh my. The EPA administrator and most department heads MUST go to jail on criminal charges....... just like BP, right.
Aug 10, 2015 4:30pm
like_that
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like_that
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 6:05 PM
Would love to see the EPA hold themselves to the same standards as they do to innocent people who "violate" their bullshit arbitrary "wetlands."
Aug 10, 2015 6:05pm
Belly35
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Tue, Aug 11, 2015 9:05 AM
Where is Obama .... hiding, coward, clueless .... no sign of him bashing when it his administration, his epa and the fault of his administration.
I see no action take yet, no sign of support, no EPA heads addressing what they plan to do.......
