The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, mining produces more toxic waste than any other industry, making up about 25% of the entire U.S. toxics inventory. NRDC's Joel Reynolds discusses mine safety in the Los Angeles Times.

The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety

On Aug. 5, at the abandoned Gold King mine in southwest Colorado, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cleanup team inadvertently unleashed into a tributary of the Animas River a 3-million-gallon soup of toxic mining wastewater.

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Robert Reich | 4 Recurring Criticisms of Bernie Sanders and Why They're Wrong 
 
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Coca-Cola Funding a Campaign to Downplay Public Perception That Junk Food Leads to Obesity 
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Seattle Moves to Tax Guns, Ammunition 
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EPA: Colorado Wastewater Spill Three Times as Large as First Reported 
Al Jazeera America 
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Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America 
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Chubby Nebbish Karl Rove attacks Clean Energy with 'falsehoods' [propaganda], Toxic Colorado River Spill, Corporate Media....

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Media Matters for America

 

In reality, the Clean Power Plan is projected to cut the average American's monthly electricity bill by 7% in 2030.

Conservatives Are Baselessly Scaring People About Their Electricity Bills

Independent analyses agree with the EPA that the Clean Power Plan will significantly lower electric bills once it's fully implemented.

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Lest we forget

Alan Grayson

 

If the attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood is successful, the inevitable result is that many women will suffer and die.

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Brandon Weber

I'll just leave this right here ...

There are no words to describe how reprehensible this is!

Erin Brockovich

This just makes me shake my head in disbelief. Yes a USEPA "contractor" did this... completely screwed up. I am not a fan of the USEPA for scores of reasons. The fact they said we have nothing to worry about because the river is already dead is a good place to start. Lest we forget this crap wouldn't have been their for not the illegal corporate mining activities for the past 25-years that impounded this mess.

But when did ridiculously stupid bad behavior become part of any party's political agenda! This meme just plays the the emotions of the simple minded.

Oil spills are bad, chemical spills are bad, coal ash spills are bad...irresponsible people doing bad shit and polluting the Evironment that belongs to us all is bad. Stop the hate and wasted time arguing and play by the rules.

I would advocate rolling back all regulations ten years if industry would simple agree to follow the rules. That's their problem they still operate outside the regulation as they don't apply to them!

Black Bernie Sanders supporter to BLM protesters: You don't speak for the majority

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“I believe that we have got to go through every possible effort in order to make sure that we achieve that goal of Iran not having a nuclear weapon without going to war,” Bernie Sanders said.

Sanders: War the alternative if Iran deal fails

“We have to negotiate with Iran,” Sanders said.

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Bill Moyers

 

Bill's 2012 interview with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is worth rewatching this weekend in thinking about the way the media covers politics and why Big Media is a threat to our democracy. Sanders tells Bill:

"[T]he point here is not right wing or even left wing. The point is that the tendency of corporate America is not to discuss at length the real issues that impact ordinary people. If you owned a television station, for example, do you think you'd be talking about the impa...

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