Odd and Odder
October 14, 2014 - by
If you think about it DENR’s proposal was pretty odd.
Last winter, when tons of water from a coal ash pond poured into the Dan River, there was consternation and gnashing of teeth. The U.S. Attorney started investigating. The Governor ordered every coal ash pond cleaned up. The legislature said Amen.
Then, with hardly a soul noticing, last August DENR signed off on a plan to clean up coal ash ponds – by dumping the water in the ponds directly into rivers and lakes.
Which sounded, more or less, like what had happened on the Dan River.
Which was odd.
And what happened next was even odder.
EPA nixed DENR’s plan (and the controversy exploded in the newspapers again) then DENR announced it had simply been following orders (or an Executive Order) from the Governor. And did an about face.
In other words, DENR threw the Governor under the bus – which is something you don’t see happen in state government every day.
Odd and Odder
October 14, 2014/
If you think about it DENR’s proposal was pretty odd.
Last winter, when tons of water from a coal ash pond poured into the Dan River, there was consternation and gnashing of teeth. The U.S. Attorney started investigating. The Governor ordered every coal ash pond cleaned up. The legislature said Amen.
Then, with hardly a soul noticing, last August DENR signed off on a plan to clean up coal ash ponds – by dumping the water in the ponds directly into rivers and lakes.
Which sounded, more or less, like what had happened on the Dan River.
Which was odd.
And what happened next was even odder.
EPA nixed DENR’s plan (and the controversy exploded in the newspapers again) then DENR announced it had simply been following orders (or an Executive Order) from the Governor. And did an about face.
In other words, DENR threw the Governor under the bus – which is something you don’t see happen in state government every day.