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Erin Brockovich Accuses Feds of Lying About Mine Waste Spill
KPHO ^ | Sep 08, 2015

Posted on 09/09/2015 2:01:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, made famous from the Oscar-winning movie bearing her name, on Tuesday accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of lying about how much toxic wastewater spilled from a Colorado mine and fouled rivers in three Western states.

Her allegation came during a visit to the nation's largest American Indian reservation, where she saw the damage and met with Navajo Nation leaders and farmers affected by last month's spill, which was triggered by an EPA crew during excavation work.

Brockovich said she was shocked by the agency's actions leading up to the release of waste tainted with heavy metals and its response afterward.

(Excerpt) Read more at kpho.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: epa; erinbrockovich; goldkingmine; navajonation; water

1 posted on 09/09/2015 2:01:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I thought she had died.


2 posted on 09/09/2015 2:03:45 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: nickcarraway

This gubermint lying, say it ain’t so!


3 posted on 09/09/2015 2:05:34 PM PDT by Duckdog (Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

She got a DUI...


4 posted on 09/09/2015 2:06:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway
She dresses better now,


5 posted on 09/09/2015 2:09:24 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: nickcarraway

Awwww...Did woogums haZ a madon about the thing she helped give power to?

So sad.


6 posted on 09/09/2015 2:12:29 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: nickcarraway

I bet even Erin prefers the movie version of herself to the one in the mirror.


7 posted on 09/09/2015 2:34:14 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: nickcarraway
she saw the damage...

I'm no fan of the EPA by a longshot, but what damage? As far as I have been able to determine from this article and others like it, is that any 'damage' was caused by not irrigating for a week or so due to fear of bright yellow iron oxide/hydroxide laden water (which is relatively harmless btw). People like visuals, but they don't trust gas chromatograph readouts from labs. I predicted when this happened that there would be little if any actual environmental damage, but the legal fallout would be nuclear.
8 posted on 09/09/2015 2:37:08 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Popcorn time.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/goldkingmine/index


9 posted on 09/09/2015 2:37:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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10 posted on 09/09/2015 2:38:15 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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11 posted on 09/09/2015 2:40:35 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: SpaceBar

Incidently, the Animas and other rivers on the east Rockies watershed were yellow 24/7 for most of the late 19’th and early 20’th centuries due to intense mining activity and no EPA.


12 posted on 09/09/2015 2:42:10 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Bratch

Now that’s the Erin I had the hots for! Gotta ball gag too!


13 posted on 09/09/2015 3:00:27 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: nickcarraway

Her 15 minutes were up long ago.


14 posted on 09/09/2015 3:23:11 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll bet that her claims to fame have sagged a bit since her moment in the sun.


15 posted on 09/09/2015 5:39:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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