Posted on 08/10/2015 10:34:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Anger was mounting Monday at the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the massive spill of millions of gallons of toxic sludge from a Colorado gold mine that has already fouled three major waterways and may be three times bigger than originally reported.
An 80-mile length of mustard-colored water -- laden with arsenic, lead, copper, aluminum and cadmium -- is working its way south toward New Mexico and Utah, following Wednesday's accidental release from the Gold King Mine, near Durango, when an EPA cleanup crew destabilized a dam of loose rock lodged in the mine. The crew was supposed to pump out and decontaminate the sludge, but instead released it into tiny Cement Creek. From there, it flowed into the Animas River and made its way into larger tributaries, including the San Juan and Colorado rivers.
"They are not going to get away with this," said Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, which intends to sue the EPA.
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As someone posted on Twitter, “You paid them to do this, and if they are sued and lose, you’ll pay the fine. Happy with big government, yet?”
"They are not going to get away with this," said Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, which intends to sue the EPA.Thanks Kaslin.
Conservatives shouldn't feel too smug about crackpot conspiracy theories...as any Trump thread proves. Conspiracies are everywhere...
yeah, shut down and even if not (earlier post/discussion), it’s the miners’ fault
LOL! That’s almost exactly what I posted in my Facebook feed:
“The EPA CAUSED this spill in Colorado with your tax dollars. If they issue themselves a fine (*chuckle*), theyll PAY it with your tax dollars, too. Tired of Big Government yet?”
Indeed. But blind defense of party (yes, I do consider the EPA part of the Dem party now days) is mostly a left thing.
1920s
I have been actually talking about this on another thread and there is one who seems to actually be defending this debacle!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322804/posts
Where is it eventually headed ?
Mopar fan, Hemi Orange Paint.
You mean the damage that shows post-debate Trump up to 32% (from 24%)? That damage?
I hope they win their lawsuit.
This aministration is so full of incompetent boobs.
Hell, DC is full of incompetent boobs.
1921?
There is no way I would put a boat in a filthy lake like this
Here is what i know...and I have talked to several, one who is from the area, who i worked with for a couple years. Said that the dumb asses actually dug out the plug to the containment pond and there was in excess of 3 million gallons of that crap released into the water systems-water that is used by people in NM, AZ, NV, CO, UT and CA. Forget Mexico..it’ll never get there.
So the excuse is this. It will be minimal.
Question to you all is. What is the cumulative effect of drinking water that has mercury, and other heavy metals in it? What about cyanide?
The reports are that people are already seeing well water showing signs of it along that area. Now that could be since that place is rocky and that water could seep into the wells very easily.
The mine played out in the 1920s...
It’s the rules of the EPA that caused spills like that
“Im a liberal and its clear.... “
Went downhill from there.......
“... an EPA cleanup crew destabilized a dam of loose rock lodged in the mine”
Uhhhh, you mean we wasn’t supposed to tear the dam thing down?
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