Why Would Trump Repeal Waterway Protections, What's The Purpose?
Sep 12, 2019 18:32:36 #
If a waterway is being protected from toxic chemicals being dumped it's because there was some entity that it needs to be protected from. Trump keeps chanting a mantra of how he likes crystal clean water. So why would he green light companies ability to dump their toxic crap into waterways, what's the logic a reason?
The right will say but they aren't dumping toxins anyway, so then way does it matter if regulations keeping them from doing it are lifted?
Obviously the only benefit to this is to companies that can save money by not having to pay for expensive waste disposal... or worse the hideously expensive cleanup when they do.
Making it effectively legal to dump basically means that this is a favor to corporations who have already dumped toxins or had accidental spills from paying hundreds of millions or billions for the cleanup. Otherwise regulations against dumping hurts nothing.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/461064-trump-administration-to-repeal-waterway-protections?userid=178778
If I did a simple questionnaire asking common sense questions, even the right would agree with aspects of this, but when it comes to addressing senseless actions like this a veil of stupidity is exposed.
The right will say but they aren't dumping toxins anyway, so then way does it matter if regulations keeping them from doing it are lifted?
Obviously the only benefit to this is to companies that can save money by not having to pay for expensive waste disposal... or worse the hideously expensive cleanup when they do.
Making it effectively legal to dump basically means that this is a favor to corporations who have already dumped toxins or had accidental spills from paying hundreds of millions or billions for the cleanup. Otherwise regulations against dumping hurts nothing.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/461064-trump-administration-to-repeal-waterway-protections?userid=178778
If I did a simple questionnaire asking common sense questions, even the right would agree with aspects of this, but when it comes to addressing senseless actions like this a veil of stupidity is exposed.
Sep 12, 2019 22:23:20 #
woodguru wrote:
If a waterway is being protected from toxic chemic... (show quote)
Perhaps the regulations are to strict...Or pointless...
Sep 13, 2019 09:24:16 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Perhaps the regulations are to strict...Or pointless...
A mud puddle in a farmer's field is a federal waterway? Come on.
Sep 13, 2019 09:25:22 #
woodguru wrote:
If a waterway is being protected from toxic chemic... (show quote)
Corporations would be hard pressed to top the EPA's toxic spill on the Mancos River in Colorado, poisoning thousands of square miles of aquifer.
Sep 13, 2019 09:29:14 #
Smedley_buzk**l wrote:
A mud puddle in a farmer's field is a federal waterway? Come on.
Yep... That sounds like something that needs repealing...
Sep 16, 2019 09:00:59 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Yep... That sounds like something that needs repealing...
Not to mention river and creek beds in the desert that only have water in them occasionally. These are supposed to be navigable waters?
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