Coal Slaw Wrote:
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> The professor's little buddy Wrote:
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> > Coal Slaw Wrote:
> >
> > > OK, tell me how this article would have been
> > > written if there was no biased agenda. And
> if
> > you
> > > believe the amount of ecological damage and
> > human
> > > health impacts were overstated, point me to a
> > > source supported by aquatic biologists and
> > public
> > > health professionals to back up your claim.
> >
> > I'm going off of 20 year old memories here, but
> I
> > seem to recall that back when this happened,
> all
> > of the SF Bay Area news stations and newspapers
> > were talking about the ecological damage that
> had
> > been done for several lifetimes. They talked
> about
> > the river never being inhabitable by living
> things
> > for thousands and thousands more years, and
> that
> > we will never see fish return in our lifetime.
> But
> > if we look at any major disaster these days,
> man
> > made or natural, there is always the usual
> chorus
> > of how things are ruined forever, and that
> always
> > turns out to be false. Nature is very powerful
> and
> > has amazing healing effects.
>
> Incorrect. The oil spilled into Prince William
> Sound from the Exxon Valdez accident continues to
> kill birds and marine life 20 years later.
>
> During an Amtrak trip across Pennsyvlania last
> week, we crossed a stream colored orange from acid
> mine drainage from an abandoned or active coal
> mine.
>
> While I agree that nature is resilient, different
> incidents have different impacts. The best way to
> support your claim is to provide a citation from a
> wildlife biologist or wildlife ecologist regarding
> the long-term impacts of the Cantara Loop spill.

Well, I don't know....Maybe those "scientists" are the ones who predicted global warming, too. I believe what I can see with my own four eyes.