Comments on: EPA says that US Companies Will Pay a Record $11.8 Billion on Pollution Control in 2008 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/08/epa-says-that-us-companies-will-pay-a-record-118-billion-on-pollution-control-in-2008/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret Heft http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/08/epa-says-that-us-companies-will-pay-a-record-118-billion-on-pollution-control-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-84242 Margaret Heft Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:40:30 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=1797#comment-84242 I am wondering if these fines for pollution were actually paid? I read in several fact-finding sites and books that the George W. Bush administration, allegedly did not follow up on being sure the fines were paid, and often gave the corporation/company, literally, years to pay off these fines, citing the "necessity"of needing the time to "come up" with an idea on how to clean up their own pollution. I suspect that these were not actually resolved, however, and wonder with this new administration if those "delinquent" accounts will be tracked. Is someone now making sure that these fines are actually being paid during the President Obama Administration? This is another fear that many of us have about the recent Supreme Court ruling: with the Supreme Court ruling and, probably, deregulation of pollution standards: Will industrial pollution become more rampant? I am assuming that corporations will "vote" not to require pollution standards. What do you think? I am wondering if these fines for pollution were actually paid? I read in several fact-finding sites and books that the George W. Bush administration, allegedly did not follow up on being sure the fines were paid, and often gave the corporation/company, literally, years to pay off these fines, citing the "necessity"of needing the time to "come up" with an idea on how to clean up their own pollution. I suspect that these were not actually resolved, however, and wonder with this new administration if those "delinquent" accounts will be tracked.

Is someone now making sure that these fines are actually being paid during the President Obama Administration? This is another fear that many of us have about the recent Supreme Court ruling: with the Supreme Court ruling and, probably, deregulation of pollution standards: Will industrial pollution become more rampant? I am assuming that corporations will "vote" not to require pollution standards. What do you think?

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