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http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/epa-designates-mahomet-aquifer-sole-source-aquifer i got the ball rolling on this back when i was a law clerk 2nd semester 2L year. now it's four years later and our drinking water gets to be safer for the future. it was maybe the first time i ever "took initiative" in my professional life and it was scary to ask my supervising attorneys if i could spend some time working on this but it really paid off for the whole community 
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Mar 13, 2015 03:53
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uhh fox tells me polution is GOOD for the environment http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/10/answer-to-speedy-tree-growth-lies-in-air-pollution-auburn-university-study/ last time I turned on the tv and I didn't a heart guy and a cool dog, just these trustworthy, god fearing folks |
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Mar 13, 2015 03:58
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really though, good job making a mark in this world for the good, I envy your position |
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Mar 13, 2015 03:59
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That's awesome and congratulations |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:00
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thanks. one of the good side effects of this is that it makes it more difficult for highly toxic pcb waste to be trucked into my community, which in turn makes it slightly more likely that highly toxic pcb waste will be trucked into your community. when i say good, i mean good for me, not you all. |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:03
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woah, I used to work with the epa in southern Illinois doing wetland delineation. small world. |
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Piso Mojado posted:woah, I used to work with the epa in southern Illinois doing wetland delineation. small world.  us epa or il epa? |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:08
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pig slut lisa posted:
us via clean water act money |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:08
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good work psl!
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Mar 13, 2015 04:13
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Piso Mojado posted:us via clean water act money nice. it's my understanding that in the us epa you at least occasionally get things like "funding" and "coworkers", whereas with the state it's pretty much just you sitting in an unheated shack. |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:18
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do you at least get to see a bunch of nature stuff |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:19
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I'd honestly kill for your job if it even meant I'd get to see a tree every so often |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:19
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good job psl!  also Stormyish posted:uhh fox tells me polution is GOOD for the environment lol
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Mar 13, 2015 04:21
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i'm not a state epa guy, i've always worked for the city. so no natures for me, but i work right downtown which is fun cause i'm an urban planner and i like my city very much, especially how it's changed over the last ~15 years. |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:22
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cool stuff psl |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:23
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pig slut lisa posted:nice. it's my understanding that in the us epa you at least occasionally get things like "funding" and "coworkers", whereas with the state it's pretty much just you sitting in an unheated shack. ugh our budget was comically abyssmal, as was our pay. that job sucked sooo hard. glad you were able to accomplish some good with them though, congrats. |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:36
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was the work at least okay |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:37
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nixon started the epa (at the time, without much teeth) not because he gave a poo poo but because he wanted to pre-empt some political opponent of his who was campaigning on environmental issues i can't remember the guy's name nor can i find it by googling so nixon's strategy worked out pretty well i guess
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Stormyish posted:was the work at least okay yeah i would be curious to hear more about your work atcg, if you want to share |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:49
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ps did i get these in the right order |
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Mar 13, 2015 04:50
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luckily the epa quickly went from "ceremonial thing to make nixon look good" to "actual thing that does stuff" so take that nixon
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when this aquifer thing was in its infancy i went to a few meetings where a bunch of conservative farmers were yelling at the epa guys (down from the big city no less  ) for not regulating the water enough. it was very surreal and highly entertaining.
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Mar 13, 2015 04:53
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most farmers actually care a lot about the environment but can't afford to treat it responsibly because centralized agriculture pays them poo poo and doesn't account for the cost of proper land management etc 
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Mar 13, 2015 04:55
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you've done an amazing thing, psl, great job! |
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Mar 16, 2015 01:27
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you can dump your pcbs in my yard instead op just pour em anywhere and dont track dog poo poo into my trailer |
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Mar 16, 2015 02:38
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Stormyish posted:was the work at least okay pig slut lisa posted:yeah i would be curious to hear more about your work atcg, if you want to share |
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Mar 16, 2015 05:28
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Neat
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pig slut lisa posted:when this aquifer thing was in its infancy i went to a few meetings where a bunch of conservative farmers were yelling at the epa guys (down from the big city no less this warms the cockles of my bitter cynical liberal heart thank you psl. there is hope for negotiation and equal ground after all
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