If this had been BP or Exxon? The EPA has probably sent more pollution into the environment than all the coal plants for generations.
But no oil company would be allowed to issue this and have it mean antyhing
how much would a company have to pay if this happened?
why isn’t the EPA being sued / shut down / forced to pay?
But yet the MSM is blaming the operators.
Reminds me of the time the West Virginia chemical company spilled its leakage or overflow into the river and that spread into two more rivers and it was discovered Al Gore had a financial stake in it and it happened during the presidential campaign season interlude of crinton/gore I and crinton/gore II and people were talking about the negative impact it would have on them. Remember that one? No? Oh, yeah, that’s right... these are the democrats. Bad things go away and records are expunged.
She's taking "responsibility," not blame.
They should all be forced to drink from the water until it’s clean in the river.
She should be made to sing the Calvin and Hobbes `I’m Very Very Sorry’ song.
Why haven’t any of the affected States filed CRIMINAL CHARGES against all the Supervisors and Managers that allowed this “Violation” of the “Clean Water Act”??
“The defendant in this case conducted a demolition project which released a significant amount of water contaminated with dust and debris directly into the Chadakoin River, endangering public health and the environment,”
from the EPA WEBSITE found here:
http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/criminal-press-releases-2014
In all fairness, it appears they were trying to access an unstable, abandoned mine so they could safely pump out all of this goodness. The trouble is that unstable abandoned mines are — unstable.
Abandoned mines are deathtraps. Even experienced miners will only enter them an inch at a time. Poisonous and explosive gases, ceiling and wall and floor collapses, hidden shafts, unexpected water, toxic waste all over the place, unexploded dynamite, weakened support members, etc. It is actually a *good* sign to see critters like spiders and snakes, because nothing has killed them.
For once, I will say that it was probably not the EPA’s fault. Whatever happened would likely have happened anyway, sooner rather than later.
Tell it to the judge.
hang her