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EPA’s Gold King Mine Blowout Was No Accident
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| 03/14/2016
| Michael Bastasch and Ethan Barton
Posted on 03/14/2016 12:55:06 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: henkster
"tell again why Flint, Michigan is all over the news but this is buried."
To: Thibodeaux
the intent of the epa was to mine gold for private pocket liningNah. Too much work. Instead, they'll mine the taxpayers for Superfund money. Much more lucrative.
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:04:40 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: chemical_boy
Common sense would have been to bring in drilling equipment and go up slope and drill down into the shaft and then pump water up out of the mine.Yep. But this is government. As a State Senator told me once, "They'll never go for it, it makes too much sense."
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:06:19 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: RedStateRocker
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:09:21 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: drypowder
ask Tyson Foods what happens when a private entity pollutes a river and the owners of Tyson and the Clintons are close friends Someone makes significant campaign contributions and the problem (officially) goes away...?
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:21:58 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Squantos
EPA MUST BE DISBANDED ..... my opinion.My opinion, too. Exactly.
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:25:19 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: shotgun
The road to hell is paved with good intentions...Yep. But the evil intentions lane is faster.
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:26:36 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: MileHi
I thought that was These United States are...
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:27:40 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Smokin' Joe
I thought that was These United States are... Not anymore it seems.
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posted on
03/22/2016 2:38:52 PM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: RedStateRocker
OK, but I’m just trying to figure out who caused the thing to be toxic in the first place.The water was leacheate from adjacent mines, percolating through the rock. It picked up the contaminants on the way. An active mine will be pumping such water out of the mine and settling the suspended materials out or flocculating the suspended materials to clean the water. Other treatment may be necessary.
In this case, mining operations had been suspended, the portal plugged. The water from the other mines built up in the Gold King.
The owner of the mine told them not to mess with the plug, that there was a lot of fluid backed up behind it. They threatened him with $35,000.00 a DAY fines for not granting them access.
It would have made incredibly good sense to go up the hill and drill down to the shaft and then pump the water out. Pressure could have been measured in the wellbore and the determination made that it was not safe to proceed with removing the plug, as the EPA had been told.
Nope, this one is on the EPA
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posted on
03/22/2016 3:14:25 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: MileHi
Hasn’t been since 1865...
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posted on
03/22/2016 3:17:07 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Steely Tom
I still can’t believe Obama got a pass on BP.
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posted on
03/22/2016 7:09:47 PM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(Trump 2016!!)
To: Smokin' Joe
Thanks for the response and the other post with links.
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posted on
03/23/2016 6:47:19 AM PDT
by
RedStateRocker
(Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
To: RedStateRocker
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posted on
03/23/2016 6:52:29 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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