Kyle’s biggest problem in the article is his unwillingness to impugn someone he sees as an ally, Oliver Robinson.
He’d have a stronger case against Jeff Sessions and Luther Strange if he’d stop tiptoeing around what Robinson actually did.
Kyle forgot to name the potential NPL (National Priorities List) site (which would be designated a Superfund site for cleanup litigation and funds).
The one thing the EPA can do is to name an NPL site but it has to meet certain evidence requirements. A state can also do the same thing within their own state environmental cleanup organizations re local companies pollution, but NPL sites normally have to have a federal government connection, usually a contractual one for the production of a product or service that creates pollution.
This sounds like a case of politics as usual but I’m hoping that Sessions didn’t do anything unethical or illegal.
That’s for the courts in Alabama to decide.
If the site does get on the NPL for litigation and cleanup purposes, it might cross my desk if there are cross-claims involved in who is responsible for what. That is a different kettle of fish, often full of sharks and minnows.