EPA takes blame for Colorado mine waste spill
EPA takes blame for Colorado mine waste spill
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking the blame for a huge leak of contaminated water into a Colorado river. Government officials said Sunday three million gallons spilled into the Animas River. That is three times larger than the original estimate. The once-clean waterway that was a popular place for kayakers is now filled with yellow, contaminated water. Mireya Villarreal reports from Durango, Colorado.
The real crime is that those running the mine did not clear this huge load of toxic waste themselves during the course of the mine’s profitable operations. Maybe it is true that the EPA, in their attempt to pump out and clear the area of toxic waste, did cause this spill accidentally by disturbing earth. But, why does the government funded by citizens’ tax dollars get the responsibility of cleaning the deadly pollutants so often spilled, or left abandoned by private businesses, industry, and corporations who are often making huge, huge profits. They use our infrastructure, our lands, rivers, roads, the services of firemen and police, but they are barely taxed even half the percentage of what most people must pay. When nearly every congressman is a millionaire, and 95% of policy is made without the citizens’ vote, this is what happens. They make their profits and leave us with poisoned lands, rivers and oceans, or worse a world warming so rapidly from continual and ever increasing fossil fuel use that scientists now estimate we could have as much as a 7 meter rise in sea level by 2070. Do we have to wait until their quest for profit has killed billions before we stop them?
it’s like “water is life”
and old Apache Teaching?
Seriously? If it is dangerous for animals… it is dangerous for people. Outrageous!!
To all you employees from CBS… Do you travel to the area where its effected?? Besides working, why can’t you do something else about it. I’m sure you and everyone else is worried…
Slow response is inexcusable
1. Stop the Flow
2. Contain the Spill
Anyone that’s worked with hazardous chemicals in the smallest degree knows those are immediate actions in a spill
Disgusting this is why corona virus came to streighten everyone out and shut down all the filthy companies that pollute the earth either get right with nature live in harmony with everyone or face mass extinction within 100 years
“i was there”
like I took a photo of the blue water and about A month later?
“this happened”
Something MUST be done about this criminal organization.
Jewish Gematria
Animas River=1045= Star of David
Colorado=258=Earth Change
Toxic=462=Rothschilds
Herald=48=Death
1923=The River Of Oblivion the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
"they drank themselves into oblivion"
Before=148=Oh No
English Gematria
After=300=Biblical
Simple Gematria
Gold King Mine=120=Illuminati
Arsenic=69=One Eye
EPA did not make the injection well or profit from the minerals. Let us hold the ones who profited strictly liable. America is now hungover from being exceptional hence the river filled with vomit.
Animus river!
“i was hanging out at the”
Anasazi Hotel!!!
Then Hickenlooper drank the river water because he’s from another planet and nothing makes him sick. Not even those clean up pills he put in the glass of dirty water to make others think it was good to drink. How many died? The mine people are criminals too for allowing EPA ho’s to blow it. They all blow boys.
This is why I say no to pebble mine.
Gold Diggers!!!
I just came across this years later and still need to comment. Not dangerous for wildlife? Idiots!
How ironically appropriate. The EPA never has been concerned for the enviroment or for the people. They always do what they are ordered to do by the department heads, which are appointed by elected officials that cater to the corporations that financially support their campaigns. Wake the Flock up!
They’re claiming it dissipated. Nope. They know. We all know Lead, Arsenic & foe knows what all are heavier than water, settled on the bottom for hundreds of miles – for ever & ever. Amen. I’ll catch that chubby fellow some trout & feed them to him.
Fear not! I will purify this river, along with ALL other bodies of water the frauds at the EPA have corrupted. 666 is on the horizon.
The statement: The water is ok for wildlife, but still unknown for human consumption…….
Wow, that sums up the entire mind set for the EPA and most of the government as well.
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT COULDN’T TELL THE TRUTH IF THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON IT AND THEY CONTROL THE NEWS MEDIA SO TURN THE SOUND OFF AND WATCH WHAT WE ARE LETTING OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DO TO OUR LIVES YES WE ARE LETTING THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE STAND UP AND FIGHT BAD TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT GET OFF YOUR DEAD ASS AND DO SOME THING OR LIVE WITH IT
The EPA should be removed from this work and give up cash for slug clean up. It looks more like the government will need to clean it up for giving the EPA control of the work. Tell Joe Biden to start making out blank checks for the clean-up.
With the mine breach spanning many days, one would think there was enough time to quickly involve the army core of engineers (or private firm) to plug the hole. Boulders, rocks, gravel and finally concrete. Once breach plugged, dig a proper well from the top down (not sideways) allowing the water to be pumped out and appropriately treated at a manageable rate.
Good thing the EPA went public with the VW Dieselgate scandal the day after this little incident.
I love when the EPA makes a spill they say its not so bad. If a mine company did this I wonder what they would say
this was no accident, why is the main stream media not reporting the truth on this event? if you can not tell the truth stop reporting this event or you are part of the intentional action of the epa to destroy a good portion of the western united states this video is bullshit.