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Tim
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Freedom industries is just a two week old
company. I find the name they chose ironic. I think we should have
free access to clean water. All of us. |
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Feb 21:48
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John
Taylor
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It's
a circus here. After they flushed many of the 100+ year old water
systems there are still people that can't even use it to bathe or
do laundry. The governor has basically told us to suck it and is
now trying to open up landfills to dump fracking waste from Pennsylvania
in them. A coal slurry ruptured last week dumping hazardous waste
into another river not far from Charleston. It's not going to change
as long as the majority of the people here continue to embrace the
"coal camp" mentality. It's a shame because this is a beautiful
state and was once one of the largest repositories of fresh water
on the east coast. |
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Feb 21:55
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Tim
Fees
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Oh
man! I was unaware of it until just recently. What mess. I hope
John's song and the media can raise awareness and get the right
people to do something. Pete Seeger was able to clean up the Hudson,
but it took gaining a lot of support, building a sloop to sail the
river, and time to change people's mentality. |
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Feb 22:01
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John
Taylor
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Yeah,
we don't get much press coverage. Our state has been disenfranchised
for so long people here wear their suffering like a badge of honor.
Anything good for the environment or the people is called a job
killer and dismissed and our state is run by "democrats" so you
can imagine how batshit crazy the republicans here are. |
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Feb 22:10
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Tim
Fees
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Was
that the Dan River, John? That was on the news tonight. Just watched
it. That coal slurry in water is disgusting! |
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Feb 1:27
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John
Taylor
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No, the Dan river is the North Carolina spill. It was worse than the one here last week. I think it was the same company though. Even after the environmental regulations of the 1970's cleaned up a lot of the rivers and streams, places like Logan county where the Hatfields and Frank Hutchison lived are still black with coal dust. |
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John
Gorka
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I'm glad you could hear the laughter about the rolling noggins |
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Feb 23:16
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