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Western Railroad Discussion > Livingston, MT PollutionDate: 10/17/17 13:10 Livingston, MT Pollution Author: millerdc Lengthy article today about the history of pollution by the Northern Pacific and its successors in Livingston, MT
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/livingston-montana-pollution-burlington-northern-railroad_us_59dfa73ce4b00abf36472e96?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__101717&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__101717+CID_c1b9ca730b370c0b30c42e8d6caba455&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__101717 Date: 10/17/17 18:21 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: radar Sadly, NP and BN did what was common practice before regulations were put in place. We were so stupid back then, and we seem to be forgetting those lessons of the past. Trump's EPA Administrator is doing his best to send us back to those days. Do anything you want in the name of profits.
Date: 10/17/17 20:15 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: boltmansacto radar Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Sadly, NP and BN did what was common practice > before regulations were put in place. We were so > stupid back then, and we seem to be forgetting > those lessons of the past. Trump's EPA > Administrator is doing his best to send us back to > those days. Do anything you want in the name of > profits. Wow, really ?? So misguided. Date: 10/17/17 22:35 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: railstiesballast On a 1970s trip across Montana on the North Coast Hiawatha we stopped for fuel in Missoula. On one of the units the tank filled up and the backflow preventer did not work and fuel was pouring into the ballast. I tried to get the RR employee interested it this but he would have had to walk a unit length from where he was and he just let it run into the ground....Yes, that was the level of care for the environment back then.
Date: 10/18/17 08:31 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: BAB That happens every day with some peoples lack of caring at there job. Only if they are caught and fired will it ever stop as no amount of laws or rules will ever stop it. Also there is push back from other employees against a person saying anything at some places.
And the other thing keep the politics out of this forum. Date: 10/18/17 08:52 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: jointauthority But yet they kept cashing their paychecks.....
Posted from iPhone Date: 10/18/17 16:05 Re: Livingston, MT Pollution Author: railstiesballast By now most adults have come to understand that it is morally wrong to dump refined petroleum products into the ground and ultimately into the water we all rely on for life on this planet.
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