The Mini Socialist Better Shut Up?

[1stRambo]

Yo, the treehugger`s might want to shut the hell up, if not? It might bite them on the ass! Can we all say the "EPA" Spill? Where were the treehugger`s then?

State, environmentalists clash over $225M Exxon settlement
By JOSH CORNFIELD and MICHAEL CATALINI

Aug. 25, 2015 7:47 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — After originally seeking $8.9 billion, New Jersey's $225 million settlement with ExxonMobil over dozens of polluted sites is a reasonable compromise considering the substantial legal risks the state faced, a judge ruled Tuesday in approving a deal that Gov. Chris Christie's administration called historic and opponents called a sell-out.

The settlement ending an 11-year legal battle that spanned both Democratic and Republican governors is "fair, reasonable, in the public interest, and consistent with the goals of the Spill Compensation and Control Act," Superior Court Judge Michael Hogan wrote. He noted that the settlement is on top of Exxon's responsibility to clean up the sites, which include two oil refineries in Bayonne and Linden and retail gas stations across New Jersey.

New Jersey sued ExxonMobil in 2004 for pollution dating back decades. The idea was to hold the company responsible not only for cleaning up polluted areas but to compensate the public for the alleged harm to groundwater, surface water and other ecological resources.

"This is an important settlement for the citizens of New Jersey and for our environment, one which came about because this administration aggressively pushed the case to trial," Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said.

Christie, a Republican running for his party's presidential nomination, has hailed the deal as the nation's second-largest of its kind against a corporate polluter, but the deal has been slammed by environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers who say the settlement is just a fraction of the billions of dollars New Jersey should have recovered.

"Today's decision by the court sadly rubber-stamps the Christie administration's sell-out settlement," said Doug O'Malley, director of Environment New Jersey. "This settlement still stinks."

State, environmentalists clash over $225M Exxon settlement

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[Old Rocks]

Hey dumbass, Dumbo, the company that left the toxins in that mine is no longer in existence, whereas Exxon-Mobile is still making billions of dollars per quarter in this nation. So in attempting to clean up the mess left in 1926 by the company that left that mine, a mistake was made, and, we, the taxpayers, will pay for it.

However, since Exxon-Mobile is still a thriving company, a settlement of one years profits would really have been a more just deal.

 

[1stRambo]

Hey dumbass, Dumbo, the company that left the toxins in that mine is no longer in existence, whereas Exxon-Mobile is still making billions of dollars per quarter in this nation. So in attempting to clean up the mess left in 1926 by the company that left that mine, a mistake was made, and, we, the taxpayers, will pay for it.

However, since Exxon-Mobile is still a thriving company, a settlement of one years profits would really have been a more just deal.

Yo, dumb-ass, who caused the spill fruitcake?

"GTP"

 

[ScienceRocks]

You'd swim in a pool of shit and breath the kind of air China has! How about you shut up???

 

[1stRambo]

You'd swim in a pool of shit and breath the kind of air China has! How about you shut up???

Yo, truth hurts?

"GTP"

 

[Old Rocks]

The people that caused the spill are the people that created the mess and walked off. The spill was inevitable, the EPA contractor simply made a mistake that created what would have eventually have happened had they not misjudged the failing strength of the old plug.

 

[Old Rocks]

You'd swim in a pool of shit and breath the kind of air China has! How about you shut up???

Yo, truth hurts?
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So you are another ignorant knownothing asshole without a clue. We have plenty of them on this board, your addition will have minimal impact.

The huge energy companies have for far too long privatized the profits, and socialized the costs of their pollution. Time to hold each and every one responsible.

 

[flacaltenn]

Fixing leaking gas tanks at their many company owned gas stations will be payed for by every driver in New Jersey. About 0.1 cents/gallon probably. Those tanks were subject to STATE and FEDERAL inspection -- were they not?


States and Cities Flout Law On Underground Fuel Tanks

While private industry spent millions to meet a 1998 federal deadline to upgrade leaking underground fuel tanks -- the nation's leading cause of ground water pollution -- state and local government agencies continue to operate thousands of antiquated tanks in danger of leaking chemicals into water supplies, records show.

Most private companies, from deep-pocketed oil conglomerates to mom-and-pop gas retailers, upgraded their tanks before the December 1998 deadline to avoid stiff fines and negative publicity. But many governments, from New York State to the town hall in Cheshire, Conn., have taken advantage of lax enforcement standards to flout the deadline.

''It's very tough making people do something like this, especially when the political will isn't there,'' said Hal White, a technician with the Office of Underground Storage Tanks at the Environmental Protection Agency. ''What they really need is a disaster.''

Yeah -- that dam profit motive.. Even worse if you are GOVT and have NO MOTIVE to perform with excellence..

 

[Old Rocks]

Yes, governments have been a major source of pollution. Witness Hanford. But companies have been as bad. Both need to be held to the regulations. And the individuals giving the orders in each need to own the results of their negligence. As in prison terms.