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I'm not comparing the cause, I'm comparing the govt reaction to the situation. "Good job, Brownie" is my favorite new phrase for govt f-up! Who can forget Bush 43 praising the FEMA director when FEMA screwed the pooch on how they handled Katrina? The EPA is screwing the pooch on handling the release of the toxic material - probably should have left the abandoned gold mine site alone since it was a very slow leak of toxic material until the EPA got involved with the contractors they had control over.
If you think this is oversensitivity, name a worse EPA-caused (through contractors) event. all that come to my mind are ones that natural disasters exacerbated or ones that private industry caused that the EPA had to come in to help fix.
Too bad you can't roll the clock back to the 1900's and put in the various mine rules that we have now - the mine had its last nugget in the early 1920's and the EPA didn't have the mine rules they have now.
"...it just sounded to me like he felt like he did not do it."
"Screwing the pooch" is not even the same scale. Trying to bring FEMA and Katrina into a discussion of a mine leak to so absurd it just further reveals how little you know about the situation. If the EPA would have " left the abandoned gold mine site alone", the breech would have likely happened anyway. It was an acidic solution that was working on the mine. It's just as likely that there was no way this breech was never going to happen in the course of the clean-up.
Thousands of Americans died, arguably, because of FEMA's weak response to Katrina; no one, unless they are a Darwin Award candidate, will die here. If this is the worst physical damage the EPA is ever responsible for (which, again, it's debatable they are), then they are the greatest government organization ever.
I like how you won't address any of the points that are fact-based.
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First of all, I dont know how old you are but there wasnt an EPA when the mine was active. Back then, it was pump n dump wherever. Private industry has caused a lot of issues in the 20th century and the EPA was made because of those issues. Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Youngstown, Toledo, Akron-OH, LA and many more were all polluted because industry decided it pollute the water, soil and air. Most of those companies are out of business because they choose to pollute and didnt want to change their business for clean up, they went into bankruptcy protecting themselves from prosecution for polluting. I believe the pollution from 1900-1985 is the direct cause of lots of illness (cancer-tumors) with people today and it has genetically altered our genes to carry on those health issues.
I work for a major auto manufacturer that was as guilty as anyone for pollution but they at least acknowledged they did it and cleaned a lot of their pollution up. They have also found out that its way cheaper to capture and dispose of the toxins properly rather than spill it everywhere and worry about it later.
Fordman
This was a turning point for the country with respect to clean air laws.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=103359330
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It's been said that behind every great fortune is a great crime. Well, behind every great regulation is a great malfeasance. Nowhere is that more true than environmental regulations.
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https://news.yahoo.com/colorado-gover...211954305.html
According to the EPA Chief, the river seems to be cleansing itself.
Scott
Did your favorite player ever hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader?
So this isnt the EPA's katrina?
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Just because you don't have any proof that thousands of people didn't die doesn't mean it hasn't happened. FEMA and the EPA are hauling the bodies into the mountains and burning them. All those "wildfires" ....... body burnings conducted by FEMA and the EPA to save the Obama administration from impeachment.
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." – Willard Romney
"I'm an acquired taste; if you don't like me, you should acquire some taste!"-- Stephen Colbert
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“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." – Willard Romney