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Topless in America

By Joe Romm on Feb 9, 2010 at 11:39 am

h/t NewEnergyNews

See also Science bombshell explodes myth of clean coal: Mountaintop “mining permits are being issued despite the preponderance of scientific evidence that impacts are pervasive and irreversible and that mitigation cannot compensate for losses.”

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3 Responses to Topless in America

  1. mike roddy says:
    February 9, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    People are dying from mountaintop removal, especially children. This is no different from shooting them with a gun.

    Companies that are engaged in this practice should be prosecuted on criminal charges. A district or Federal attorney needs to step up and issue indictments for manslaughter.

  2. Leif says:
    February 9, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Mike: The way I understand it, corporations are charged with pursuing the “least cost,” maximum shareholder profit option in their decisions. Humanity does not enter the equation unless there is a negative cost involved. It is all very sanitary.

  3. mike roddy says:
    February 9, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    I agree, Leif. Even RFK Jr. once said in a speech that corporations’ pursuit of maximum profit is somehow sacred.

    That’s why we need to sue and prosecute them. Defending themselves will cost money, too.

    I’m part Scandinavian too. I wish more people in the US understood the social contract as it’s interpreted there.

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