This makes me sick to my stomach. It is always about money and until people start dying of cancer and fighting like hell, the EPA and large corporations stick their heads into the sand. There is no end to this shit. It takes whole communities fighting together before anyone will start listening.
As shameful as the behavior of the EPA is, we need to remember that it as an agency is severely constrained by the will of both the Executive branch and Congress, and has recently had at least two of its proposed actions slapped down by the Supreme Court.
We the electorate as a whole share much of the responsibility for this through our prioritization of other things over the environment and the climate in our selection of and communication with our elected representatives. Until we start electing people at all levels who are both knowledgeable and committed, nothing is going to change.
BTW things might get measurably worse in the immediate future, should the SCOTUS agree with Koch Industries on the case regarding the Chevron criterion.
I have a chance to buy a great old home that is a mile from an ash pit called the New Ash Pit that has replaced three other old ash pits in Bremo Bluff VA. Dominion Energy says that it is safe to be around and that they will finally close the pit in 13 years. Erin, would you consider this location to be a safe place to bring up a child or brush your teeth? Or garden? Thanks for your help and info, Chris Courtenay
This makes me sick to my stomach. It is always about money and until people start dying of cancer and fighting like hell, the EPA and large corporations stick their heads into the sand. There is no end to this shit. It takes whole communities fighting together before anyone will start listening.
As shameful as the behavior of the EPA is, we need to remember that it as an agency is severely constrained by the will of both the Executive branch and Congress, and has recently had at least two of its proposed actions slapped down by the Supreme Court.
We the electorate as a whole share much of the responsibility for this through our prioritization of other things over the environment and the climate in our selection of and communication with our elected representatives. Until we start electing people at all levels who are both knowledgeable and committed, nothing is going to change.
BTW things might get measurably worse in the immediate future, should the SCOTUS agree with Koch Industries on the case regarding the Chevron criterion.
I have a chance to buy a great old home that is a mile from an ash pit called the New Ash Pit that has replaced three other old ash pits in Bremo Bluff VA. Dominion Energy says that it is safe to be around and that they will finally close the pit in 13 years. Erin, would you consider this location to be a safe place to bring up a child or brush your teeth? Or garden? Thanks for your help and info, Chris Courtenay
Wealth on a pedestal especially in politics. When profit is supported by abuse and exploitation it is parasitism, not capitalism.