Superfund work touted by Trump EPA was completed years ago

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JASON DEAREN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is touting cleanups at seven of the nation’s most polluted places as a signature accomplishment in the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the number of Superfund sites, even though records show the physical work was completed before President Donald Trump took office.

The agency earlier this week credited the leadership of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt with tripling the number of sites fully or partially removed from the Superfund’s National Priorities List in 2017, compared with the two sites taken off in the Obama administration’s last year.

“We have made it a priority to get these sites cleaned up faster and in the right way,” said Pruitt.

He said that, with the agency’s moves to create a task force and make those responsible for contamination pay for cleanup, “the Superfund program is carrying out the agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment more every day.”



Read more: https://apnews.com/501eaf68d3f54f0eb9a90d3f271670c3/Superfund-work-touted-by-Trump-EPA-was-completed-years-ago

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Fake news. There were no "earlier years." 2017 was the first year ever. NT

[iluvtennis]

2. Trump admin is just a bunch of lying and cheating con ppl. GAH

[Lucinda]

3. KNR

[Angry Dragon]

4. How about the site in Houston that got flooded??

[pangaia]

5. What about the sshhhh tax breaks just given to oil companies

which cuts into funds for such cleanups in the future? DUH !!!

[turbinetree]

6. How about Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

did you by chance forget North Carolina and the mountain top removals in the Appalachians--------------how about the green alga blooms in the great lakes, how are the oil wells doing in the Gulf and the dead zones......................


Your team is really fucked up..............................now you make stuff up


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[red dog 1]

7. "To lead his task force on the issue, Pruitt tapped Albert 'Kell' Kelly,

.a former Oklahoma bank executive who now serves as a senior advisor to EPA, despite having no prior experience as an environmental regulator."
(From the OP)

The entire Trump Crime Family, including Pruitt, should be indicted for conspiracy to sabotage all the federal agencies of the United States government.
These assholes are doing irreparable harm to our once-great country.


K&R, thanks for posting.

[SergeStorms]

8. A common Trump characteristic.

Taking credit for other's accomplishments and hope no one is the wiser.

WE'RE THE WISER, NUMB-NUTS! We have a handle on your m.o, so stop making believe you're actually doing something, other than getting fatter and more mentally imbalanced, that is.

[lancelyons]

9. Brian Snow has to lose pay for 4 weeks and demoted..But pruitt can doit and no problem..

This is the only think I hate about taking the high road and doing the right thing.. the other side constantly does the wrong thing and doesnt pay for it. When will that change.

[dalton99a]

10. Trump is destroying the credibility of all American institutions

with the exception of the Trump Organization

[riversedge]

11. Nothing but corruption and lies from the Trump Admin!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. The story of Trump's life

Claiming credit for other people's work.

[locks]

13. And Pathetic Pruitt

wants to be Attorney General.