TVA Coal ash spill
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Soundwave13
BoM Feb 2010
That's terrible, and worse yet is that this kind of thing happens all the time.
My Cousin lives in Endicott, NY where IBM spilled a couple of hundred thousand gallons of Trichloroethylene into the ground water. It's classified as 'relatively anticipated to be a carcinogen' to keep it off the list.
Cancer cases rose sharply & the local economy suffered greatly as housing prices were 20% of what the surrounding areas had. It was only after years of battling them that they installed a filtration system in peoples houses. Beyond that they never really were accountable or even so much as appologized to the public.
It seems like rediculous things are regulated for the small guy, while the 'big-boys' avoid legal frays & demand more de-regulation... It's a big mess, justice is not being served.
My Cousin lives in Endicott, NY where IBM spilled a couple of hundred thousand gallons of Trichloroethylene into the ground water. It's classified as 'relatively anticipated to be a carcinogen' to keep it off the list.
Cancer cases rose sharply & the local economy suffered greatly as housing prices were 20% of what the surrounding areas had. It was only after years of battling them that they installed a filtration system in peoples houses. Beyond that they never really were accountable or even so much as appologized to the public.
It seems like rediculous things are regulated for the small guy, while the 'big-boys' avoid legal frays & demand more de-regulation... It's a big mess, justice is not being served.
"Clean coal" the new oxymoron.
There is nothing clean about any energy production. They all leave or generate some kind of environmental footprint. What is best for America will be debated for many years to come.
BHO needs to pay attention to this environmental disaster that is larger then the Exxon-Valdez spill.
There is nothing clean about any energy production. They all leave or generate some kind of environmental footprint. What is best for America will be debated for many years to come.
BHO needs to pay attention to this environmental disaster that is larger then the Exxon-Valdez spill.
Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Clean coal is years away from actually even being used or produced. And the health affects to the surrounding area will be devastating from this accident. I live 30 mins away from 4 or 5 nuke plants. I would rather have them in my back yard then ever have to deal with this sort of DISASTER! And France has been reusing reactor rods so that even less waste is produced from Nuke plants. But its not aloud or even considered in this country.