[StBernard] Murphy Oil will pay millions for releasing

[Westley Annis]

I thought we were in favor of less government regulation, not more. Why
isn't anyone sticking up for Murphy?
Richard


> 

> This begs the question:

> 

> Has Murphy and Chalmette Refinery / Tenneco, etc. just gotten 

> into the

> "pollution racket" since 2008? People's been dropping from this 

> cancer alley

> for half a century or more. When one assumes an asset even to 

> purchase a

> refinery or whatever, shouldn't the entity also assume past 

> grievances and

> liabilities? And hasn't each one been "medicating" the community for

> decades? Where's the outcry to retro-active the grievances and 

> petro-crimes

> produced by such industries?

> 

> As mentioned, for decades, this travesty has been ongoing, and I 

> doubt it's

> not going to forever pass clean-law legislation anytime soon in 

> the future.

> 

> 

> --Jer--

>