This segment of “60 Minutes” aired last night and features the “beneficial use” by Dominion in building the Battlefield golf course in Chesapeake. I’m sure the invitation still stands for any Dominion official to eat dinner at area residents’ homes with meals prepared using their tap water.
You gotta love the lobbyist at the end who tells Leslie Stahl to trust state regulations and utility management to do the right thing. “Environmental protection is expensive” he says, as if that’s an excuse not to do it.
Help protect our water by speaking out at this EPA Hearing on the Proposed Coal Ash Rule, Monday, August 30th from 10am-9pm, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Sign up today at: http://action.sierraclub.org/coalash_arlington. Car pooling from various areas of Virginia may be available. For more info contact Kate Pollard at kate.pollard@sierraclub.org.
Cross-posted at ArticleXI.com.
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