Posted Apr 20, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC
If only there were a political party trying seriously to save the environment!
Man, I wish.
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Democrats have for years been saying that companies put profits ahead of environmental stewardship, and that companies wont do anything different until they are forced to do so. A life-long republican shares a video expressing these sentiments, but he will inevitably still miss the point when the mid-term elections come around, and he supports the "pro-business and fewer regulations" candidate.
The gist of the video is that the companies who have run the Piney Point FL phosphate plant have known for decades about the risk of spill but they refused to do anything about it. They would make millions per year operating the plant, and pay themselves handsome salaries and bonuses throughout, then the company would declare bankruptcy once finally fined/sued. Media has been reporting it for decades, but regulators lacked the teeth to force the company to make meaningful changes. The “conspiracy” is that companies wanted the spill to happen because it was costly to make improvements and would hurt their profits. So… not much of a conspiracy.