Every time I publish a post for this blog or over at CFSN Detailed Analysis I post notices about the publication on my various social media feeds, including Substack Notes. Earlier today on Notes, Karl Deigert attached a comment to my NOTE about a blog post from a week ago on “EPA Withdraws Worst Case Discharge Rule ICR”. The topic was a petition that Karl is apparently supporting, the “Florida Right to Clean Water Petition”
I am not going to delve into the details of the petition (I do not typically cover State issues), but Karl makes an interesting point:
“The federal protections against hazardous metals (like arsenic and mercury) getting into groundwater are getting rolled back. Wouldn't it be nice to have a constitutional right to stop that? Even if it meant that the industry might have to pay a bit more to NOT poison our water system? Or are the people expected to just live and be happy with increased cancer rates and lower IQs?”
The thing that caught my attention, however, is the link to
an AP
article about the ‘federal protections’ that are being rolled back by the
Trump administration. There are pros and cons to each of these issues, but
taken as a whole, these are actions that clearly mark an administration that is
unabashedly more concerned about corporate profits than the health and welfare
of its constituents. In addition to continuing court cases about the way the
new administration is going about its business, perhaps we also need to see
more petitions like this one in Florida.
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