The problem has become so severe that they have issued a state of emergency. “It would be like a bomb going off in the middle of town,” according to hydrologist Jim Griswold, who works with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division. So what has the oil company done in response to this disaster? Nothing, their only comment is that everyone is overreacting. As of now the company, I&W Trucking, has given up its brine operation and moved further down the road.
Blasting has begun on West Virginia’s coal river mountain, which is common place in this part of the country, but coal river mountain is special. It’s special because it has the potential to become a wind farm that can provide 700 long term clean energy jobs, provide 85,000 households with electricity and give back $1.7 million in tax dollars.
Now Steve has seen this as a selfish act on the part of the protesters, and for some of them I’m sure it was; however with all the media’s whining and complaining about how bad the “Obamacare” bill is it’s no surprise that people would be out protesting it. People with health-care have just as much right, as the people without it, to decide how health-care should be handled in this country. There has been a lot of secrecy as far as the bill is concerned, and for the most part the politicians that support the bill have been caught lying about its intended purpose. Like Harry Reid for instance: Harry Reid Caught Lying About Healthcare Bill Price Tag article by texan2driver.