Navajo Nation vows to fight EPA for toxic mine spill

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  1. jackdog

    jackdog Well-Known Member

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    Looks like the Dems are going to hand Trump another win here. The incoming head of the EPA is a man who is suing it. Anyone want to bet on a reversal of stance followed by a publicity blitz about the EPA needing a haircut by the Trump media team. This is another one of the Dems unforced errors, sort of like nominating hillary. If Obama had a gnats sense he would be calling the EPA over this. This is worth watching

    Navajo Nation vows to fight EPA for toxic mine spill



    Navajo Nation officials say they are outraged the Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to pay millions of dollars in claims filed against it following the devastating Colorado Gold Mine spill.

    The federal agency has accepted responsibility for the August 2015 disaster, which devastated farm and grazing lands in southern Colorado and northwest New Mexico. But it announced late last week that it was not legally able to pay claims submitted by farmers and livestock owners.

    “The Navajo Nation call upon our Congressional leaders from the states of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona to do what is right for our people by demanding that the U.S. EPA reconsider its decision and that the U.S. EPA provide full compensation to the many Navajo people who sustained extensive losses due to the spill that was caused by the agency,” Navajo Nation speaker Lorenzo Bates said last Saturday.

    “When the law allows the government to hide from those whom it has harmed, the law must change,” Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) said
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    sawyer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The EPA had good intentions when the spill occurred and as we have been told repeatedly about every failed liberal policy it's the intention that counts not the result. Screw those Navajo farmers, Obama's EPA had the best of intentions.
     
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    if someone ever comes up to you and says "we are from the government and are here to help you" turn around and run like hell
     

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