[–] leaffur 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I actually live in the city that was affected by the EPA's fuck up.
Damn fucking straight they need to pay for it. They fucked up our river for years to come. You can see the orange stains on all of the rocks on the river. This shut down our economy, most of which is based off the river, for weeks.
Something needs to be done about it, but the EPA doesn't give a shit.
[–] unsweetenedsoymilk 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
But what can the EPA do? Is it the DA's job to prosecute the wrong doers?
[–] carlosos 2 points 6 points 8 points (+8|-2) ago
The problem with this is that the EPA didn't cause it. They hired a company for the clean up that caused it. I know that the EPA isn't the most liked organization but the focus should be on the company that actually caused this but then the article wouldn't make sense anymore.
[–] teatime 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This. It's a tricky situation. We could let the EPA hire government workers for tasks like this, but they would probably spend more money moving equipment and people around the US to deal with issues than they would spend on a contractor. They could require that the contracted companies have more insurance or meet more guidelines, but then you need people to enforce that. There are EPA employees that are dispatched to evaluate a possible violation. Maybe they could be trained to identify potential issues and act as a consultant and supervisor on projects. I'm not really sure what the best thing they could do to avoid this in the future is without a complete system change. There are still so many openings for corruption and "short cuts."
[–] brother_tempus 4 points 0 points 4 points (+4|-4) ago
It's time to abolish it since it lacks any constitutional authority
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[–] brother_tempus 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
As long as we go through the entire list, the starting agency is irrelevant
[–] 404_SLEEP_NOT_FOUND 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Here's the EPA and Lockheed Martin spraying pesticides on infants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeToqt08SOM
Furthermore, this is illegal under the Nuremberg Code, a set of laws enacted after WWII. Basically the Nazi's experimented on humans, and this international law was passed. And yet, America has to problem testing on its own people when it wants to.
There are many ways that the EPA can be sued.