Discussion: EPA Grants Waiver To Florida Electricity Companies In Irma Aftermath

Making the world safer through poison! What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

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And if anyone believes this waiver will only be for two weeks, I have some prime development property to sell you in the Everglades.

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…to be extended indefinitely.

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The evil beauty of this is, as far as I understand, the power plants themselves did not sustain any damage that would require them to bypass air pollution prevention systems to be able to continue to generate power.

Any damage to the electrical system likely occurred in the distribution system, powerlines, etc.

Last time I checked a downed power line does not require “dirty” power to magically rejuvenate itself to working order.

Clean power will suffice, except in Drumpfmurika…

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Sure seems like a short-sighted dumb response in taking an emergency and turning it into something even worse imo, but what do I know. I only breath air, drink water and promise not to shit where I sleep whenever possible…

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What doesn’t kill you the first time gets a second chance!

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will allow utilities to operate outside restrictions mandated
 by their permits, including potentially using dirtier fuels,
 running for longer hours or electively bypassing pollution
 control equipment. Coal-fired plants can also discharge
 wastewater laced with levels of toxic-heavy metals at higher
  concentrations than what would normally be permitted.

So they’re gonna let ya do more of the shit that essentially caused the shit that you’re trying to fix in the first place …

makes cents — $ $ —

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