It's like how they are for the constitution but fail at the part about
"general welfare." Agreed that education needs more funding but they
where the ones that cut the funding in the first place.
Most of these things resolve themselves as bad welfare and education makes
bad workers. And they fix it to get better workers.
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and
Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare
of the United States;" If there is no common defense then there is none!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_welfare_clause
The Federal constitution says it for a reason what life will it be with out
those things? And so is why the government has to tell a state to grow up
and stop withholding peoples rights. And for their health!
This would not of happened if they where burning Natural gas.
~~~~~Environmental Groups Sue Over Oklahoma Coal Ash Oversight
Several environmental groups are trying to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from transferring oversight of the disposal of toxic coal ash to state regulators in Oklahoma.
The group Earthjustice filed a lawsuit this week in federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Oklahoma-based Local Environmental Action Demanded agency.
“Time and time again, politicians in Oklahoma have chosen to ignore the health and safety of their own citizens. We fought hard to win a court ruling that rightly bans unlined coal ash ponds from continuing to operate, yet Oklahoma allows those dangerous ponds to do just that. Every single one of the coal ash dump sites that were tested in Oklahoma was found to have toxic chemicals from coal ash in nearby groundwater. It’s clear we need stronger protections from the hazardous chemicals in coal ash, not weaker ones. EPA’s decision to transfer oversight over Oklahoma’s coal ash dumps to DEQ not only violates the law, it puts Oklahoma families at risk,” said Jennifer Cassel, attorney with Earthjustice.
The groups allege the EPA unlawfully approved Oklahoma's state coal ash program that allows "unsafe impoundments full of toxic coal ash" to continue operating.
An EPA spokeswoman says the agency doesn't comment on pending legislation.
The gray ash left behind when coal is burned contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead and mercury.
Earthjustice says it conducted an analysis of groundwater data from Oklahoma that shows contamination at four Oklahoma coal ash dump sites.
http://www.newson6.com/story/39198954/environmental-groups-sue-over-oklahoma-coal-ash-oversight
