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Anyone here glad this got repealed?
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I'm referring to this specific regulation protecting water, not the entire package deal: GOP Vote to End Key Environmental Regulations | Time.com
House Republicans approved a measure Wednesday that scuttles a regulation aimed at preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams.
The Interior Department said in announcing the rule in December that it would protect 6,000 miles of streams and 52,000 acres of forests, preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby waters. The rule maintains a long-established 100-foot buffer zone that blocks coal mining near streams, but imposes stricter guidelines for exceptions to the 100-foot rule.
Interior officials said the rule would cause only modest job losses in coal country and could even create jobs as companies hire construction crews to haul and store debris.
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Was this question too difficult?
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Could be if you're a Trump supporter and you live in Flint, Michigan.
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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I guess it depends on how effective the rule was on protecting streams. If it was effective then Id say no. But there's no surprise here, people already knew most republicans they elected hate the environment & will deatroy it any chance they get in the name of big business. It's about compromise.
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One should generally expect the GOP to cater to the interests of big business. Mandating that they can't dump waste in public waterways will impact their profit margins. And quarterly earnings reports outweigh any other considerations that don't involve an immediate and undeniable negative health impact.
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I commented about this in the wrong thread I guess.
If the regs will have negligible impact on the industry as the EPA claims, then they can't have been doing anything that bad.
If the regs will have significant impact on the industry, then there's an an argument over what's the best compromise.
I'm not saying the regs are wrong, I'm saying there's a legit argument.
This is opposed to the lack of argument implied by "there go Trump and his cigar chomping cronies butt blasting Mother Nature".
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Originally Posted by subego
If the regs will have negligible impact on the industry as the EPA claims, then they can't have been doing anything that bad.
I don't but this argument because if the impact was negligible, no one would care enough to repeal it.
Originally Posted by subego
If the regs will have significant impact on the industry, then there's an an argument over what's the best compromise.
You mean whats the appropriate amount of people's water to potentially poison?
Originally Posted by subego
I'm not saying the regs are wrong, I'm saying there's a legit argument.
I imagine if there were a legit argument, someone would have made it by now.
Originally Posted by subego
This is opposed to the lack of argument implied by "there go Trump and his cigar chomping cronies butt blasting Mother Nature".
Is the long history of business polluting because its a great cost saving measure not a good argument?
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Sorry, I missed this...
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
You mean whats the appropriate amount of people's water to potentially poison?
Unfortunately, yes. Somewhat along the lines of how safety recalls work.
Poisoned water has a negative impact on the community. Shuttered industry has a negative impact on the community. There's a balance here. "No water shall be poisoned" is just as intractable as "carte blanche to rape the environment".
(Shuttered industry is an extreme example for illustrative purposes)
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Originally Posted by subego
Sorry, I missed this...
Unfortunately, yes. Somewhat along the lines of how safety recalls work.
Poisoned water has a negative impact on the community. Shuttered industry has a negative impact on the community. There's a balance here. "No water shall be poisoned" is just as intractable as "carte blanche to rape the environment".
(Shuttered industry is an extreme example for illustrative purposes)
I'd love to see a poll on which one people would rather be. Poisoned or unemployed.
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Originally Posted by OAW
One should generally expect the GOP to cater to the interests of big business. Mandating that they can't dump waste in public waterways will impact their profit margins. And quarterly earnings reports outweigh any other considerations that don't involve an immediate and undeniable negative health impact.
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Plenty of businesses would seek profit even if it did involve immediate and undeniable negative health impacts.
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Originally Posted by Brien
Plenty of businesses would seek profit even if it did involve immediate and undeniable negative health impacts.
Would? Have. We live in a world with Big Tobacco.
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