EPA Fines Drop 70% in 2017

[hal2kilo]

Big Oil is bigger than the Koch Bros.

Pretty sure the Kochs make a fortune off of the PETROCHEMICAL industry. Picky, picky

 

[dainthomas]

Draining the swamp has turned into draining the toxic waste dump into your back yard.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Draining the swamp has turned into draining the toxic waste dump into your back yard.

What he really meant was drain that kiddie pool and move it out of the way for my full blown swamp. Trump has given us a real life Jurassic Park.

 

[1prophet]

It's all well and good when your dog shits in your neighbors yard as long as he doesn't shit in your pristine landscaped yard.

Maybe now Americans will wake up and realize now that much of their cleaner environment came not just from stricter rules and regulations but also do to them not being concerned when corporate America shits in other countries yards figuratively so they can enjoy their cheap goods because they didn't want to pay the environmental costs for made in America among other things like higher labor and safety costs.

https://theconversation.com/when-so...seas-they-also-offshore-their-pollution-75371


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We first found that of all goods imported by U.S. manufacturing firms (not wholesaler or retailers), the share produced in low-wage countries rose from 7 percent in 1992 to 23 percent in 2009. At the same time, toxic air emissions from manufacturing industries in the United States fell by more than half. Industries that experienced the greatest increase in imports from low-wage countries include printing, apparel and textile, furniture, and rubber and plastics. These industries also experienced some of the largest drops in air pollution in the United States.

Second, using this unprecedentedly detailed data, we obtained some interesting findings at the firm and plant level. We found that as U.S. firms imported more goods from low-wage countries, their plants released fewer toxic emissions on American soil. In addition, their U.S. plants shifted production to less-polluting industries, produced less waste, and spent less on pollution abatement. In sum, these firms were improving their own environmental performance by shifting to less-polluting segment of the value chain domestically and moving more-polluting activities overseas."

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Yeah, a real shame.
https://www.taftlaw.com/news-events...ution-results-in-usd1-6-million-damages-award
https://www.forbes.com/sites/wlf/20...o-sue-us-government-for-damages/#4ecabd0610b1

Always look on the bright side.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/04/c...ublicans-total-control-of-the-senate-in-2018/

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overreach may help Republican candidates get elected to the Senate in 2018, according to a new report by the conservative group America Rising Squared.

The report found that EPA regulations have hurt states where Democratic senators are up for re-election in 2018. These states include West Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsylvania."

 

[SlowSpyder]

You argued that you "probably pay more into the system" than most people here. You do understand that this expressly means that you claimed to make more than most, right? It's the exact same thing

Do you understand that? I'm wondering if you are willing to engage people with the same set of facts, the same rules for debate, or you simply don't care because you are an ignorant troll.

That's not what I said. Maybe you'd want to reread what I did say.

 

[Incorruptible]

Good! The EPA is out of control and needs to be reigned in. They are way too aggressive.

 

[IronWing]

Good! The EPA is out of control and needs to be reigned in. They are way too aggressive.

Do you even know what EPA does?

 

[Incorruptible]

Do you even know what EPA does?

Yes, Too many times they have over reached and hurt innocent people in the process.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...2/gIQAjxVSTS_blog.html?utm_term=.bbb90556ca7f

 

[IronWing]

Yes, Too many times they have over reached and hurt innocent people in the process.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...2/gIQAjxVSTS_blog.html?utm_term=.bbb90556ca7f

So you don't have a clue what EPA does yet here you are waving your stupidity around like the biggest dick at your party.

 

[bshole]

Good! The EPA is out of control and needs to be reigned in. They are way too aggressive.

Absolutely this. Americans are sick and tired of innocent corporations whose only objective is to help humanity being oppressed by the government over piddly bullshit like a safe work environment, slave labor wages and toxic waste disposal. It is time for the oppression to end so we can enjoy multi-colored rivers the way God intended us to. Thank you Donald!

 

[Puffnstuff]

My dad complains about the EPA as a liberal organization completely ignorant of the fact of who actually created it. Then he tells us stories about how the coal mines washed sulfur into the rivers where he grew up and turned them yellow yet says the EPA needs to go away.

This is the uneducated Trump base and as long as they can vote you know they will listen to whatever Faux and friends tell them believing that its true.

 

[Brainonska511]

Good! The EPA is out of control and needs to be reigned in. They are way too aggressive.

I was wondering when this sock puppet would return...