• House Republicans Vote to End Rule Stopping Coal Mining Debris From Being Dumped in Streams
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[IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/o9Msbd.png[/IMG] [I]This looks safe to drink. [/I] [quote= Source] Moving to dismantle former President Barack Obama's legacy on the environment and other issues, House Republicans [B]approved[/B] a measure Wednesday that scuttles a regulation aimed at preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams. Lawmakers [B]also voted to rescind a separate rule requiring companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments relating to mining and drilling.[/B] (...) "Make no mistake about it, this Obama administration rule is not designed to protect streams. Instead, it was an effort to regulate the coal mining industry right out of business," said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, who sponsored the disapproval measure on the stream protection rule. The House approved the measure, 228-194. Nine Republicans voted against repeal, while four Democrats supported it. Lawmakers approved the financial disclosure measure, 235-187. The rule, which grew out of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, [B]was intended to promote transparency so citizens in some of the world's most impoverished countries can hold their governments accountable for the wealth generated through mining and drilling[/B]. Republicans said the regulation placed an unfair burden on U.S. companies by requiring them to hand over key details of how they bid and compete while many foreign competitors are under no obligation to do the same. The GOP said the cost of compliance is estimated at $590 million a year — money that could be used to help produce more oil, gas and mineral resources. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said the only reason to repeal the disclosure rule was "to help corrupt governments steal money from their people." Republicans voted to repeal the Obama-era rules using the [B]Congressional Review Act, an obscure oversight tool that could become more familiar in the coming weeks[/B] as Congress uses it to overturn regulations federal agencies issued late in Obama's presidency. [B]The law hastens the process for bringing legislation to the floor and removes the hurdle of a 60-vote threshold in the Senate[/B]. Regulations imposed since June 13 can be invalidated on a simple majority vote of both GOP-led chambers and the president's signature. What's more, [B]the law prevents the executive branch from imposing substantially similar regulations in the future.[/B] It is that aspect of the law that frightens environmental groups that have fought for years for the coal-mining rule and another rule to restrict energy companies from burning off natural gas during drilling operations on public lands. (...) But House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans [B]blame Obama, saying the rules Congress is rescinding are poorly crafted and hurt people.[/B] "The stream protection rule is really just a thinly veiled attempt to wipe out coal mining jobs," Ryan, R-Wis., said. "The Department of Interior's own reports show that mines are safe and the surrounding environment is well-protected," Ryan said, adding that the stream-protection rule ignores dozens of federal, state and local regulations already in place. 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. [B]Interior officials said the rule[/B] [B]would cause only modest job losses in coal country and could even create jobs as companies hire construction crews to haul and store debris.[/B] Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, senior Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, said repealing the stream protection rule would [B]"sicken and kill the very people Donald Trump falsely promised to help," coal miners in West Virginia and other states.[/B] Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., [B]displayed a bottle of brownish water he said came from a constituent's well near a surface coal mine. He challenged lawmakers to drink from it[/B] and said the stream rule was one of the only safety measures protecting people in coal country. (...) Source [URL="http://time.com/4657438/congressional-republicans-environmental-regulations-coal-streams/"]Time[/URL] Second source [URL="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/gop-moves-undo-obama-rules-protecting-streams-coal-mines/"]PBS Newshour[/URL][/quote] The GOP's war on drinkable water continues.
The fuck is wrong with these people?
I hate this country so much.
They're like literal captain planet villains at this point.
Ok, no. Call your representatives people. [url]https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm[/url] [url]http://www.house.gov/representatives/[/url] Especially this cunt. [quote]Johnson, Bill, R 202-225-5705[/quote]
[QUOTE]But House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans blame Obama, saying the rules Congress is rescinding are poorly crafted and [B]hurt people[/B]. "The stream protection rule is really just a thinly veiled attempt to wipe out coal mining jobs," Ryan, R-Wis., said.[/QUOTE] Yet killing the environment isn't??? Jesus how stupid can these people be.
[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;51765820]Yet killing the environment isn't??? Jesus how stupid can these people be.[/QUOTE] They don't care who gets sick or what happens to the environment as long as they get money from the coal industry.
[QUOTE]"The stream protection rule is really just a thinly veiled attempt to wipe out coal mining jobs," [/QUOTE] Are they seriously fucking playing the jobs card here
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;51765831]Are they seriously fucking playing the jobs card here[/QUOTE] That's all Republicans can do. They do something the public hates? "But...But...But IT MAKES JOBS!!!!!"
Ruining the environment and jeopardizing people's health under the guise of saving jobs? This is so disgustingly short-sighted, and at this point, unsurprising.
Americans; do something
Well the coal industry tell me there's such thing as "clean coal", so what could possibly go wrong? /s
Why anyone with a healthy state of mind would vote republican is beyond me.
It's almost as if Republicans are [I]actually[/I] evil. What the fuck.
This is actually the point where I'm pretty sure if they were all killed in their sleep, no one would miss them. Or, make them drink the polluted water EXCLUSIVELY. no bottled water allowed. See how long they'll live.
This is utterly fucking ridiculous. It takes a special stupid to think this is even slightly ok.
[QUOTE]"Make no mistake about it, this Obama administration rule is not designed to protect streams. Instead, it was an effort to regulate the coal mining industry right out of business," said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, who sponsored the disapproval measure on the stream protection rule. [/QUOTE] FUCK OFF
[QUOTE=can man;51765858]Americans; do something[/QUOTE] [t]https://i.imgur.com/1ywetyy.png[/t] It's always there.
Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] Holy fucking hell. "If others are doing it, why don't we? :downs:" Edit: Like fuck me man, I'm having a real hard time comprehending how you see this glaring public health issue as a chance to ask a question about the competitiveness of dumping coal debris in water.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] "But they do it too!" is not a good reason to do something that is obviously harmful to the environment and to people
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] Of course you'd turn this into a profits issue and not a health issue.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] HHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA omg Jesus Christ, someone, anyone explain to me this short-sighted thinking.
I see their point but only if their claims are true, and I don't think they've provided information to support themselves.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] the rivers are not yet a lost cause, and great strides have been had in cleaning them up and protecting the wildlife, and our drinking water this is a step in the wrong direction
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] Okay, I get that nothing is free and profits need to be made. But what good is all that money when the water you drink will kill you anyway? Not a rhetorical question, I genuinely (desperately) want to understand this thinking. [B]EDIT:[/B] [QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51766028]I see their point but only if their claims are true, and I don't think they've provided information to support themselves.[/QUOTE] To clarify, what are you doubtful about specifically? Because the topic of dumping coal into water seems like a no-brainer on what is the right thing to do.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Can anyone back or refute the claims that it makes countries uncompetitive? Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] People like you don't deserve to be American, and it's a tragedy that you're allowed to have that opinion. I wish the second amendment people would do something about people like you.
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;51765986]Holy fucking hell. "If others are doing it, why don't we? :downs:" Edit: Like fuck me man, I'm having a real hard time comprehending how you see this glaring public health issue as a chance to ask a question about the competitiveness of dumping coal debris in water.[/QUOTE] Their claim is that others are also dumping shit into the rivers and aren't being regulated. Ask yourswlf who are the Republicans referring to, is this claim actually true, and if it is then why aren't they also being regulated to not dump shit into the rivers
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51765970]Dumping coal trails into rivers is bad but there's no point in stopping if others dump into it anyway.[/QUOTE] "yes fuck it the others are doing it too so lets make this shit even worse yeehaw"
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;51766028]I see their point but only if their claims are true, and I don't think they've provided information to support themselves.[/QUOTE] You don't need proof that dumping coal mine debris into water is hazardous
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