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Or maybe the truth is that coal handling ports produce a lot of particulate pollution in excess of existing regulations which Oakland is sick and tired of polic
by manicdee 8y ago
Or maybe the truth is that coal handling ports produce a lot of particulate pollution in excess of existing regulations which Oakland is sick and tired of policing only to have offenders return to their polluting ways.
- AmericanChopper 8y agoThe goal of these organisations is to end US coal exports, and that they will abuse the court system with any vexatious lawsuit they can dream up. They had the opportunity to present evidence to support their claim that shipping coal through the city posed any health risk to the community, and they failed to produce any evidence to that effect.
- manicdee 8y agoThey did produce documentstion to that effect, but Tagami claimed thst using these brand new whizzo coal car covers, no dust would escape (despite having no evidence to support that claim). The judge basically ruled thst since the report didn't perform a comparison to other sources of pollution, that it was not relevant. Which I guess is fine if you regard deaths from lung cancer as a statistical measure rather than preventable losses.