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House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Fat~Bottom~Girl
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Date: January 10, 2014 09:01AM
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday overhauling the country's hazardous waste laws.
The bill, called the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, amends both the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (which is commonly known as Superfund). It would remove requirements that the EPA periodically update and review solid waste disposal regulations, and would make it harder for the government to require companies that deal with hazardous substances to carry enough insurance to cover cleanup. The bill would also require more consultation with states before the government imposes cleanup requirements for Superfund sites -- places where hazardous waste is located and could be affecting local people or ecosystems.
The bill passed by a vote of 225 to 188, largely along party lines. Four Republicans voted against it, and five Democrats voted for it.
Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), the bill's sponsor, called the legislation "common-sense revisions of existing rules and regulations." But others were quick to criticize the bill, saying it weakens environmental protections.
The environmental group Earthjustice has said the bill would "gut" the Superfund program, which was created in 1980 to ensure that polluting industries pay to clean up hazardous sites. There are currently more than 1,300 sites around the country listed as priority Superfund cleanup sites. Opponents say the changes in the House bill would delay those efforts and put taxpayers on the hook for future cleanups. A group of 129 environmental and local citizens groups have written to Congress urging the defeat of the bill.
Scott Slesinger, legislative director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, called the bill a "New Year’s gift to corporate interests" in a statement. "This bill could delay cleaning up toxic federal facilities, free companies to pass their hazardous cleanup costs onto taxpayers, and strangle health safeguards intended to limit harmful ash drifting from steam boilers," said Slesinger.
The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate, and the White House has already issued a veto threat. "The bill's requirements could result in significant site cleanup delays, endangering public health and the environment," President Obama's advisers wrote in a statement of administration policy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/09/house-superfund-bill_n_4571428.html
The bill, called the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, amends both the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (which is commonly known as Superfund). It would remove requirements that the EPA periodically update and review solid waste disposal regulations, and would make it harder for the government to require companies that deal with hazardous substances to carry enough insurance to cover cleanup. The bill would also require more consultation with states before the government imposes cleanup requirements for Superfund sites -- places where hazardous waste is located and could be affecting local people or ecosystems.
The bill passed by a vote of 225 to 188, largely along party lines. Four Republicans voted against it, and five Democrats voted for it.
Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), the bill's sponsor, called the legislation "common-sense revisions of existing rules and regulations." But others were quick to criticize the bill, saying it weakens environmental protections.
The environmental group Earthjustice has said the bill would "gut" the Superfund program, which was created in 1980 to ensure that polluting industries pay to clean up hazardous sites. There are currently more than 1,300 sites around the country listed as priority Superfund cleanup sites. Opponents say the changes in the House bill would delay those efforts and put taxpayers on the hook for future cleanups. A group of 129 environmental and local citizens groups have written to Congress urging the defeat of the bill.
Scott Slesinger, legislative director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, called the bill a "New Year’s gift to corporate interests" in a statement. "This bill could delay cleaning up toxic federal facilities, free companies to pass their hazardous cleanup costs onto taxpayers, and strangle health safeguards intended to limit harmful ash drifting from steam boilers," said Slesinger.
The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate, and the White House has already issued a veto threat. "The bill's requirements could result in significant site cleanup delays, endangering public health and the environment," President Obama's advisers wrote in a statement of administration policy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/09/house-superfund-bill_n_4571428.html
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Bible Thumper Logic 101
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Date: January 10, 2014 10:04AM
Not too surprising to me. To conservitards, big business always comes before public health.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Queen Bee -->
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Date: January 10, 2014 11:08AM
Keyword "Coomon sense" . It's GOP phrase that pays...
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
wrongg
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Date: January 10, 2014 12:26PM
Hey Fatty, no one takes anything you say seriously. You don't seem like a bad person. Just insecure and probably unattractive and fat. You really need to find another source besides Huffpo. Not that I give one fucking rats ass about trash,but your "article" doesn't say one thing about what the bill says or does. It only provides quotes about what others think it says. Try thinking for yourself sometime. It will help your self esteem.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Fat~Bottom~Girl
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Date: January 10, 2014 01:41PM
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Posted by:
Just Sayin.....
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Date: January 10, 2014 04:21PM
@WRONNG
Please learn how to read. Second paragraph of the article. It stated
"The bill, called the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, amends both the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (which is commonly known as Superfund). It would remove requirements that the EPA periodically update and review solid waste disposal regulations, and would make it harder for the government to require companies that deal with hazardous substances to carry enough insurance to cover cleanup. The bill would also require more consultation with states before the government imposes cleanup requirements for Superfund sites -- places where hazardous waste is located and could be affecting local people or ecosystems."
Please learn how to read. Second paragraph of the article. It stated
"The bill, called the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, amends both the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (which is commonly known as Superfund). It would remove requirements that the EPA periodically update and review solid waste disposal regulations, and would make it harder for the government to require companies that deal with hazardous substances to carry enough insurance to cover cleanup. The bill would also require more consultation with states before the government imposes cleanup requirements for Superfund sites -- places where hazardous waste is located and could be affecting local people or ecosystems."
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Historian
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Date: January 10, 2014 04:51PM
Another classic example of the GOP reversing good legislation so some corperate giant can pollute to have a better bottom line.
Get ready for another Cuyahoga River fire.
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Get ready for another Cuyahoga River fire.
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Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Toxic Wasted
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Date: January 10, 2014 04:54PM
Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess. Egg on the GOP face again.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors opened an investigation on Friday into a chemical spill in West Virginia that had contaminated drinking water used by more than 200,000 residents, state officials said it remained unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
The spill that has affected Charleston and the nine surrounding counties was discovered around noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by on the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM, a compound used to wash coal of impurities, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors opened an investigation on Friday into a chemical spill in West Virginia that had contaminated drinking water used by more than 200,000 residents, state officials said it remained unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
The spill that has affected Charleston and the nine surrounding counties was discovered around noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by on the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM, a compound used to wash coal of impurities, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 10, 2014 04:56PM
Toxic Wasted Wrote:
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> Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess. Egg
> on the GOP face again.
>
> CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors
> opened an investigation on Friday into a chemical
> spill in West Virginia that had contaminated
> drinking water used by more than 200,000
> residents, state officials said it remained
> unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
>
> The spill that has affected Charleston and the
> nine surrounding counties was discovered around
> noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by on
> the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began
> leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM, a
> compound used to wash coal of impurities,
> according to the state’s Department of
> Environmental Protection.
Meanwhile, in California, the liberal utopia, breathing is not safe. Don't say that to the residents, though.
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> Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess. Egg
> on the GOP face again.
>
> CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors
> opened an investigation on Friday into a chemical
> spill in West Virginia that had contaminated
> drinking water used by more than 200,000
> residents, state officials said it remained
> unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
>
> The spill that has affected Charleston and the
> nine surrounding counties was discovered around
> noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by on
> the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began
> leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM, a
> compound used to wash coal of impurities,
> according to the state’s Department of
> Environmental Protection.
Meanwhile, in California, the liberal utopia, breathing is not safe. Don't say that to the residents, though.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Traffic
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Date: January 10, 2014 05:11PM
Rockhound Wrote:
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> Toxic Wasted Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess.
> Egg
> > on the GOP face again.
> >
> > CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors
> > opened an investigation on Friday into a
> chemical
> > spill in West Virginia that had contaminated
> > drinking water used by more than 200,000
> > residents, state officials said it remained
> > unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
> >
> > The spill that has affected Charleston and the
> > nine surrounding counties was discovered around
> > noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by
> on
> > the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began
> > leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM,
> a
> > compound used to wash coal of impurities,
> > according to the state’s Department of
> > Environmental Protection.
>
>
> Meanwhile, in California, the liberal utopia,
> breathing is not safe. Don't say that to the
> residents, though.
Do you mean smog from all the polluting cars in LA? The oil burning cars?
This kind of smog is caused by the burning of large amounts of coal within a city; this smog contains soot particulates from smoke, sulfur dioxide and other components. Modern smog, as found for example in Los Angeles, is a type of air pollution derived from vehicular emission from internal combustion engines and industrial fumes that react in the atmosphere with sunlight to form secondary pollutants that also combine with the primary emissions to form photochemical smog.
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> Toxic Wasted Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess.
> Egg
> > on the GOP face again.
> >
> > CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As federal prosecutors
> > opened an investigation on Friday into a
> chemical
> > spill in West Virginia that had contaminated
> > drinking water used by more than 200,000
> > residents, state officials said it remained
> > unclear when tap water would be safe to use.
> >
> > The spill that has affected Charleston and the
> > nine surrounding counties was discovered around
> > noon on Thursday at a storage facility owned by
> on
> > the Elk River, where a 48,000-gallon tank began
> > leaking 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or MCHM,
> a
> > compound used to wash coal of impurities,
> > according to the state’s Department of
> > Environmental Protection.
>
>
> Meanwhile, in California, the liberal utopia,
> breathing is not safe. Don't say that to the
> residents, though.
Do you mean smog from all the polluting cars in LA? The oil burning cars?
This kind of smog is caused by the burning of large amounts of coal within a city; this smog contains soot particulates from smoke, sulfur dioxide and other components. Modern smog, as found for example in Los Angeles, is a type of air pollution derived from vehicular emission from internal combustion engines and industrial fumes that react in the atmosphere with sunlight to form secondary pollutants that also combine with the primary emissions to form photochemical smog.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Gerrymanderer2
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Date: January 10, 2014 05:23PM
On the eve of riots breaking out in West Virginia for bottled water because a chemical spill upstream.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Bible Thumper Logic 101
()
Date: January 10, 2014 06:18PM
Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> On the eve of riots breaking out in West Virginia
> for bottled water because a chemical spill
> upstream.
Why do you hate big business? I mean, their CEO worked very hard to build that company. All those hours dumping chemicals in the river takes a lot out of you.
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> On the eve of riots breaking out in West Virginia
> for bottled water because a chemical spill
> upstream.
Why do you hate big business? I mean, their CEO worked very hard to build that company. All those hours dumping chemicals in the river takes a lot out of you.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
WV Toxic Spill
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Date: January 10, 2014 06:54PM
It the GOP stimulus for WV.
New federal taxpayer dollars can be used again to clean up a spill creating jobs in the federal government for toxic waste removal.
New federal taxpayer dollars can be used again to clean up a spill creating jobs in the federal government for toxic waste removal.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Gerrymanderer2
()
Date: January 10, 2014 07:26PM
Using Federal tax dollars to clean up corporate chemical spills is a much better allocation of resources than spending it on infrastructure.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Vexxxed
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Date: January 10, 2014 07:44PM
" There are currently more than 1,300 sites around the country listed as priority Superfund cleanup sites."
They've been at it since 1980 and there's still 1,300 sites left to clean up? I don't see how they could move any slower than they currently are.
"This bill could delay cleaning up toxic federal facilities, free companies to pass their hazardous cleanup costs onto taxpayers,"
Who is going to pay to clean up federal facilities if not the tax payers? We do own the federal government, do we not?
They've been at it since 1980 and there's still 1,300 sites left to clean up? I don't see how they could move any slower than they currently are.
"This bill could delay cleaning up toxic federal facilities, free companies to pass their hazardous cleanup costs onto taxpayers,"
Who is going to pay to clean up federal facilities if not the tax payers? We do own the federal government, do we not?
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Gerrymanderer2
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Date: January 10, 2014 07:51PM
oh Vexxxed, you're so reasonable. Just a bastion of Conservative logic. Enlighten us on how doing away these unnecessary regulations and expenses are whats best for the health and well being of Americans.
They could increase the feces allowance in your food to 50 % and you'd be justifying the Republican position.
They could increase the feces allowance in your food to 50 % and you'd be justifying the Republican position.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Vexxxed
()
Date: January 10, 2014 09:10PM
Dear GerBear,
Please scroll up to my post and address what was actually written. Your flights of fancy and misdirection isn't doing it for you any longer.
Option: Shut the fuck up. Just simply shut the fuck up and let the adults talk.
Please scroll up to my post and address what was actually written. Your flights of fancy and misdirection isn't doing it for you any longer.
Option: Shut the fuck up. Just simply shut the fuck up and let the adults talk.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
()
Date: January 10, 2014 10:01PM
Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> oh Vexxxed, you're so reasonable. Just a bastion
> of Conservative logic. Enlighten us on how doing
> away these unnecessary regulations and expenses
> are whats best for the health and well being of
> Americans.
>
> They could increase the feces allowance in your
> food to 50 % and you'd be justifying the
> Republican position.
Thats stupid.
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> oh Vexxxed, you're so reasonable. Just a bastion
> of Conservative logic. Enlighten us on how doing
> away these unnecessary regulations and expenses
> are whats best for the health and well being of
> Americans.
>
> They could increase the feces allowance in your
> food to 50 % and you'd be justifying the
> Republican position.
Thats stupid.
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Rockhound
()
Date: January 10, 2014 10:03PM
I say we ruin all political threads with porn gifs henceforth... whose with me?
Re: House GOP-tards say, "Fuck the Environment": Quietly Pass Bill Gutting Hazardous Waste Legislation
Posted by:
Reality
()
Date: January 10, 2014 10:18PM
Just in time for the WV toxic cleanup mess
You mean the WV that's run by the
dumbassocrat party since the Civil War?
yup, that party.
Carry on, G2.
You mean the WV that's run by the
dumbassocrat party since the Civil War?
yup, that party.
Carry on, G2.