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Title: Media covering up EPA's responsibility for Colorado river pollution.... By Thomas Lifson
Post by: mystery-ak on August 10, 2015, 10:32:31 pm

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August 10, 2015
Media covering up EPA's responsibility for Colorado river pollution
By Thomas Lifson

The Animas River in Colorado has been despoiled with million of gallons of toxic mine waste, turning the stream bright orange.  Is this the result of a heartless capitalist?  Hardly.  Our purportedly all-caring, wise, and reliable Environmental Protection Agency is at fault.  But looking at the headlines, you’d have a hard time figuring that out.

Consider one of the latest headlines, from the local Durango Herald, reporting that the disaster is 300% worse than the EPA first reported:

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3 million, not 1 million, gal

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