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Why...the only thing worse than this would be if the EPA itself dumped 1,000,000 gallons of cadmium and copper tailings into the Las Animas River in Colorado!
It is pathetic that they have been so easily convinced (actually that should read "conned") that this is good for the average American in the long run because corporate profits will trickle down to them... WTF are these people thinking?
"The Department of Interior's own reports show that mines are safe and the surrounding environment is well-protected," Ryan said, adding that the stream-protection rule ignores dozens of federal, state and local regulations already in place.
The law was an attempt by Obama to put coal mining companies out of business. Nothing to do with clean water.
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Republicans said the regulation placed an unfair burden on U.S. companies by requiring them to hand over key details of how they bid and compete while many foreign competitors are under no obligation to do the same. The GOP said the cost of compliance is estimated at $590 million a year — money that could be used to help produce more oil, gas and mineral resources.
It is pathetic that they have been so easily convinced (actually that should read "conned") that this is good for the average American in the long run because corporate profits will trickle down to them... WTF are these people thinking?
Poor peoples' desperation is easily exploited, as is xenophobic sentiment rather than placing blame where it belongs for all those lost jobs. Reality doesn't win you many votes, but hope and fear will get them every time.
it's almost as if these Republicans and Democrats you idiots keep voting for don't actually give a ****
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FARMINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will not pay more than $1.2 billion in claims filed against it in response to the Gold King Mine spill.
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WTF are these people thinking?