The news release says that the recommendations may help state agencies determine which communities will get funding, inspections and actions to decrease pollution.
Public health, as almost every other endeavor, has limits on what it can tell us.
DORA seems more worried about what is happening in other states than what is actually happening in Colorado.
“It’s not (wise to ask for a variance) because then you are playing into the game, and I don’t think you should play into the game. The harder path is to say, ‘no it’s not something we’re going to go along with’ and stand up to it.” Bruce Barker, Weld County Attorney.
“In no way, by any definition, are we a disposal site. He took it of his own initiative to classify us a solid waste site. And he just came in here and shut me down with no explanation.” — Howard Brand
Several lawsuits have been filed against the EPA alleging as much as $1.2 billion in damages caused by Animas River contamination.
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The EPA is successfully treating mine waste from its Gold King Mine blowout, but for three years has refused to treat mine waste from federally-controlled mines flowing in Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River.
The activists needed to subvert the peer-review process because their research methods were, in a word, junk. Across several states, the activists actually used buckets lined with plastic bags to take air samples.
Because when costs rise and reliability decreases, you will want to know whom to hold accountable.
“So we have been talking over here about the possibility of EPA, at the highest level, having a conversation with the Governor – about the need for the regulation, and specifically what EPA would do if Colorado does not act. I would like to strategize on this, if you think it may be doable.”
Emails reveal the use of multiple private email accounts to conduct official business between agencies of the state of Colorado and the Federal government.
