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Obama vetoes attempt to kill clean water rule

SouthernDemocrat said:
Obama vetoes attempt to kill clean water rule

One would think that given the situation in Flint, you would not have Republicans trying to undermine environmental water protections, but then again the bunch with an 8% rating from the League of Conservation Voters is way to beholden to polluting industries.

Here is some info on the rule: http://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Affiliate-Partnership-Center/Waters-Rule/WOTUS-Facts-and-Myths.pdf
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The objections to the rule doesn't have anything to do with the conservatives wanting everyone to drink dirty water. You are minimizing the issue.
 
Tettsuo said:
Shouldn't they be able to shut down a business that's polluting the water supply of a community or poisoning the air and environment of our nation?
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They already can. It isn't about that.
 
Because EPA does such a bang up job:

EPA stayed silent on Flint’s tainted water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s top Midwest official said her department knew as early as April about the lack of corrosion controls in Flint’s water supply — a situation that likely put residents at risk for lead contamination — but said her hands were tied in bringing the information to the public.
Starting with inquiries made in February, the federal agency battled Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality behind the scenes for at least six months over whether Flint needed to use chemical treatments to keep lead lines and plumbing connections from leaching into drinking water. The EPA did not publicize its concern that Flint residents’ health was jeopardized by the state’s insistence that such controls were not required by law.
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EPA stayed silent on Flint’s tainted water
New Mexico to sue EPA, Colorado and mine companies over massive spill
An EPA cleanup crew accidentally unleashed millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater in August at the inactive Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. It fouled rivers in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico with contaminants including arsenic and lead, temporarily shutting down drinking-water supplies and raising concerns about long-term effects to agriculture.

The spill sent a yellow plume through the Animas Valley and into New Mexico and the San Juan River, forcing farmers and municipalities to shut off their taps. Farmers and ranchers on the Navajo Nation were left without a key water source for their crops and livestock for weeks.
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New Mexico to sue EPA, Colorado and mine companies over massive spill
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Obama vetoes attempt to kill clean water rule

One would think that given the situation in Flint, you would not have Republicans trying to undermine environmental water protections, but then again the bunch with an 8% rating from the League of Conservation Voters is way to beholden to polluting industries.

Here is some info on the rule: http://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Affiliate-Partnership-Center/Waters-Rule/WOTUS-Facts-and-Myths.pdf
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Every city in America should be just like Flint, say the Republicans.
 
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