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We had water anarchy; it looked like huge polluters dumping into rivers and waterways, and the rest of us suffering (and still suffering, like the communities o
by jberryman 11y ago
We had water anarchy; it looked like huge polluters dumping into rivers and waterways, and the rest of us suffering (and still suffering, like the communities of Appalachia whose land will remain poisoned from past pollution for generations more). Notice how rivers don't generally catch on fire anymore since the Clean Water Act?
- jMyles 11y agoWell, that's just a semantic shift: by "water anarchy," I meant a lack of any large, central authority, be it private or public. If there's one thing that we can all agree is a moral infraction, it's polluting the life blood.
- jberryman 11y agoSorry, what is your actual proposal and what does it do to prevent something like what's happening in Flint from happening, and/or how does it prevent large polluters from ruining sources of drinking water?