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So you want to read more still. SHOW ME THE DOCUMENTS. Here is the fine print that backs up these stories. The documents that detail the rule changes, lobbying and impact on human life and the environment. Four sets of documents. documentcloud.org/documents/5667…
DOCUMENT SET 2: Flaring surged in the last two years in North Dakota, and in particular on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. This has taken place as Trump administration moved to largely repeal rule to curb such discharges. READ THE FINE PRINT .documentcloud.org/documents/5667…
DOCUMENT SET 3: EPA. moved to force coal-burning power plants in Texas to install air pollution devices to reduce haze/health problems. But the Trump administration last year moved to reverse that demand. READ THE FINE PRINT documentcloud.org/documents/5667…
DOCUMENT SET 4: For decades clean up polluted waterways like the Kanawha River in West Va has been underway. But progress is now being slowed in the Trump era, after industry lobbying. READ THE FINE PRINT documentcloud.org/documents/5667…
And yes, read the package here by @JohnBranchNYT @SteveEder @gdemczuk nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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The NYT has written a great deal abt Chlorpyrifos since 2017, after Pruitt vetoed staff & decided not to ban it, despite evidence it's hurting farm workers/children. Abt 6 million lbs sprayed each yr on soybean/corn/oranges/almonds/
apples/asparagus/grape/broccoli/etc. Eat those?
Here are some of those stories, if you missed them. First, Pruitt rejects his own staff recommendations and decides not to ban the pesticide.
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Then @RoniNYTimes and I got the EPA emails that showed how Pruitt in early 2017 had promised the farmers that use the pesticide he was there ready to help them. Emails also showed how EPA staff advice was rejected.
nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/…
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PART IV: TRUMP ERA IMPACT ON AIR/WATER. SCENE:WEST VA. IF there's a single thing helped motivate modern environmental movement in US it was Cuyahoga River repeatedly catching fire in OHIO back in 1950s/60s. How could a river (IT IS WATER) catch fire? ANSWER : SEVERE POLLUTION
THE creation of the EPA in 1970--and the passage of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act--empowered the Fed Gov to clean up the terrible degradation that industrialization had wrought to our air and water. (STICK WITH ME ON THIS, sorry for history lesson)
Kanawha River, W Va. largest inland river is one of those rivers that had been severely hurt by decades of abuse by humans. Human waste, power plants, coal mine runoff, industrial pollution, etc. A MESS. Here is EPA report from 70s
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PART III: How Much Is Clean Air Worth To YOU? Scene: HOUSTON, Tx. The Obama EPA moved in Dec. 2016 to mandate that nine coal-burning power plants install so-called scrubbers to make a MASSIVE cut in SULFUR DIOXIDE pollution. WHY? Tx power plants emit more SO2 than anywhere in US
The move by the EPA was under the so-called REGIONAL HAZE rule, that dates back to 1999 and is intended to help cut haze that mars the air in national parks and wilderness areas nationwide. THIS IS WHAT HAZE LOOKS LIKE.
Obama EPA concluded that Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) upgrades at these nine plants would eliminate 190,000 tons a year of SO2=or more than any other state produces, except Texas. Here is description of that plan.
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I don’t agree to disagree. It’s not my jam. I basically have three reasons for engaging in a debate or discourse around a contentious topic. A thread.
1. I want to change my mind because I think I’m wrong.
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If I want door #4, I’m clearly procrastinating.
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Here's a story about Mr Corbyn's researcher Nicolette Petersen (the one who went on the unregistered trip to Lebanon with him), back when she was working for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
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Ms Petersen did not declare the trip to Lebanon either & presumably although she is listed as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Parliamentary Officer, this must be unpaid as she does not register that either.
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