The Environmental Protection Agency mistakenly released 3 million gallons of toxic waste water from an abandoned mine into Colorado's Animas River.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Monday afternoon declared a state of emergency in San Juan County. Her declaration followed similar ones on Sunday in La Plata County, Colo., and by the Navajo Nation.
"I had the chance to see the spill with my own eyes. It is absolutely devastating, and I am heartbroken by this environmental catastrophe," Martinez said Monday in a press release. "As I've said before, I am very concerned by EPA's lack of communication and inability to provide accurate information. One day, the spill is 1 million gallons. The next, it's 3 million. New Mexicans deserve answers we can rely on."
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye directed Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch to assemble a legal team to file a lawsuit against the EPA.
"They are impacting the livelihood of our people," he said.
http://www.usatoday....spill/31447379/
EPA screwup causes environmental catastrophe
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Posted 11 August 2015 - 06:20 AM
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Posted 11 August 2015 - 12:52 PM
Will the EPA fine itself?
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Posted 12 August 2015 - 07:42 AM
Lawless EPA has legal immunityWill the EPA fine itself?
What if Exxon had done this?
The "Superfund" law of 1980 gives EPA clean-up crews immunity from the trial bar when they are negligent.
-Wall St Journal
Animas River in Colorado turns orange after EPA spill:
http://barelyablog.c...-a-toxic-river/
Edited by stocks, 12 August 2015 - 07:50 AM.
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 02:46 AM
Geologist who predicted EPA spill: "They just didn't think".
Taylor has an extensive 47-year career as a professional geologist.
“I am not an academic type geologist. I am a hands on geologist.
“My work was in ground water control. I probably repaired over four hundred leaking lakes in my career,” Taylor adds.
When asked if anyone from the EPA has attempted to contact him about his letter predicting a catastrophic spill, Taylor was emphatic in his response.
“No,” he says. “They don’t want to talk to me because they’re the experts.”
It is because of the bad attitude of the federal government bureaucrats, and especially those at EPA, that throughout his career, Taylor avoided undertaking projects for them.
“Whenever I worked for them, I always dreaded it because they have such a know-it-all attitude. That’s how they got in trouble on this deal. They just didn’t think,” Taylor says.
http://www.breitbart...st-didnt-think/
Taylor has an extensive 47-year career as a professional geologist.
“I am not an academic type geologist. I am a hands on geologist.
“My work was in ground water control. I probably repaired over four hundred leaking lakes in my career,” Taylor adds.
When asked if anyone from the EPA has attempted to contact him about his letter predicting a catastrophic spill, Taylor was emphatic in his response.
“No,” he says. “They don’t want to talk to me because they’re the experts.”
It is because of the bad attitude of the federal government bureaucrats, and especially those at EPA, that throughout his career, Taylor avoided undertaking projects for them.
“Whenever I worked for them, I always dreaded it because they have such a know-it-all attitude. That’s how they got in trouble on this deal. They just didn’t think,” Taylor says.
http://www.breitbart...st-didnt-think/
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 07:33 AM
EPA coerced Todd Hennis, owner of the Gold King mine in Colorado, to grant access to his property. Once taking over, of course, EPA’s incompetent attempts to remove debris created a massive 3 million gallon toxic waste spill from the mine.
Hennis told the CBS Denver affiliate that unless he allowed the EPA to have access and authority to conduct operations on the site the agency had threatened him with daily fines of $35,000.
Dave Taylor, the retired geologist who predicted the EPA project that caused the Animas River toxic spill on August 5 “would fail within 7 to 120 days” tells Breitbart News: “I’ve heard of things like this happening on other projects.”
In 2007, the EPA forced the Sackett family to cease construction of a house on property they owned on a lake in Idaho on threat of a $75,000 per day fine because EPA decided their property was a wetland.
It took five years and the help of the Pacific Legal Foundation, but the Sacketts fought the EPA’s coercion all the way to the Supreme Court, which decided unanimously on their behalf in 2012.
http://www.breitbart...o-grant-access/
Hennis told the CBS Denver affiliate that unless he allowed the EPA to have access and authority to conduct operations on the site the agency had threatened him with daily fines of $35,000.
Dave Taylor, the retired geologist who predicted the EPA project that caused the Animas River toxic spill on August 5 “would fail within 7 to 120 days” tells Breitbart News: “I’ve heard of things like this happening on other projects.”
In 2007, the EPA forced the Sackett family to cease construction of a house on property they owned on a lake in Idaho on threat of a $75,000 per day fine because EPA decided their property was a wetland.
It took five years and the help of the Pacific Legal Foundation, but the Sacketts fought the EPA’s coercion all the way to the Supreme Court, which decided unanimously on their behalf in 2012.
http://www.breitbart...o-grant-access/
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 20 August 2015 - 04:58 AM
This eco- catastrophe highlights EPA’s incompetence, lack of transparency, and coercive behavior
EPA head McCarthy has not visited the site of the catastrophe.
The cost of cleaning up this major toxic waste spill could soar as high as $27.7 billion.
Geologist Dave Taylor wrote in the Silverton Standard on July 30:
"The “grand experiment” in my opinion will fail. And guess what Mr. Hestmark [EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Ecosystems Protection and Remediation in Region 8] will say then?
Gee, ‘Plan A’ didn’t work so I guess we will have to build a treatment plant at a cost to taxpayers of $100 million to $500 million (who knows).
Reading between the lines, I believe that has been EPA’s plan all along. The proposed Red & Bonita plugging plan has been their way of getting a foot in the door to justify their hidden agenda for construction of a treatment plant.
After all, with a budget of $8.2 billion and 17,000 employees, the EPA needs new, big projects to feed the beast and justify their existence."
http://www.breitbart...-by-helicopter/
EPA head McCarthy has not visited the site of the catastrophe.
The cost of cleaning up this major toxic waste spill could soar as high as $27.7 billion.
Geologist Dave Taylor wrote in the Silverton Standard on July 30:
"The “grand experiment” in my opinion will fail. And guess what Mr. Hestmark [EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Ecosystems Protection and Remediation in Region 8] will say then?
Gee, ‘Plan A’ didn’t work so I guess we will have to build a treatment plant at a cost to taxpayers of $100 million to $500 million (who knows).
Reading between the lines, I believe that has been EPA’s plan all along. The proposed Red & Bonita plugging plan has been their way of getting a foot in the door to justify their hidden agenda for construction of a treatment plant.
After all, with a budget of $8.2 billion and 17,000 employees, the EPA needs new, big projects to feed the beast and justify their existence."
http://www.breitbart...-by-helicopter/
Edited by stocks, 20 August 2015 - 05:03 AM.
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 31 December 2015 - 07:49 AM
The Environmental Protection Agency mistakenly released 3 million gallons of toxic waste water from an abandoned mine into Colorado's Animas River.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Monday afternoon declared a state of emergency in San Juan County. Her declaration followed similar ones on Sunday in La Plata County, Colo., and by the Navajo Nation.
"I had the chance to see the spill with my own eyes. It is absolutely devastating, and I am heartbroken by this environmental catastrophe," Martinez said Monday in a press release. "As I've said before, I am very concerned by EPA's lack of communication and inability to provide accurate information. One day, the spill is 1 million gallons. The next, it's 3 million. New Mexicans deserve answers we can rely on."
: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy was nowhere to be found when Colorado’s Animas River turned a toxic bright orange because of an EPA mishap – a disaster that will cost taxpayers billions and affected the food chain in three states.
Always prompt to condemn businesses or citizens for alleged environmental offenses, McCarthy took a full week before appearing in Colorado to assess the damage and apologize. She didn’t bother to visit Ground Zero: the town of Silverton, which was where an EPA contractor punched a hole in a mine wall causing 3 million gallons of toxic water to spew forth. Rather, the visit was confined to a comfort zone downstream where the EPA has administrative offices.
She refused to release incident documents to a congressional committee investigating the matter. When a video surfaced, it was heavily redacted. Photographs of the area disappeared from the EPA’s web site. And then she was a no-show during a Sept. 9 hearing – sending underling Mathy Stanislaus in her place.
http://watchdog.org/...ple-2015-no-12/
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
