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BREAKING: The EPA has stripped Oklahoma& #39;s tribes of regulatory sovereignty over environmental matters and handed it to the state& #39;s governor.
This is a huge deal.
@tihuachang has the exclusive report for @tytinvestigates: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/65Oa5a0nYI4rljnOqxhUto">https://tyt.com/stories/4...
This is a huge deal.
@tihuachang has the exclusive report for @tytinvestigates: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/65Oa5a0nYI4rljnOqxhUto">https://tyt.com/stories/4...
As Ti-Hua reports, Oklahoma& #39;s tribes would be powerless to prevent wholesale dumping on tribal lands or protect them from a vast array of toxic materials and pollutants.
The EPA never appears to have made the public aware that this decision-making process was under way.
As Ti-Hua first reported, the state& #39;s tribes were first told on Aug. 25--with a response deadline of Sept. 21, less than one month: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/7yzOow5PLu5kOpyfovH5ET">https://tyt.com/stories/4...
As Ti-Hua first reported, the state& #39;s tribes were first told on Aug. 25--with a response deadline of Sept. 21, less than one month: https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/7yzOow5PLu5kOpyfovH5ET">https://tyt.com/stories/4...
Not surprisingly, the new EPA documents Ti-Hua obtained reveal that the tribes even told the EPA they needed more time to formulate and submit their responses:
Who found out about all this BEFORE the tribes did?
Oklahoma& #39;s petroleum and big ag industries. They first learned of it literally THE DAY Oklahoma& #39;s governor asked the EPA to kneecap the tribes.
Ti-Hua ALSO broke THIS story.
IS ANYONE ELSE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS???
Oklahoma& #39;s petroleum and big ag industries. They first learned of it literally THE DAY Oklahoma& #39;s governor asked the EPA to kneecap the tribes.
Ti-Hua ALSO broke THIS story.
IS ANYONE ELSE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS???
The Supreme Court said Congress has the last word.
And a 2005 rider carved out a path for the state to ask the EPA to do exactly what it just did.
Who wrote the rider? Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Who helped him? His aide, Andrew Wheeler...now the EPA administrator.
And a 2005 rider carved out a path for the state to ask the EPA to do exactly what it just did.
Who wrote the rider? Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Who helped him? His aide, Andrew Wheeler...now the EPA administrator.
Here& #39;s the statement we got from Casey Camp-Horinek, Environmental Ambassador & Elder & Hereditary Drumkeeper Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma:
Stitt& #39;s letter requesting the EPA& #39;s intervention was dated -- and first posted online -- on July 22...
...by the Oklahoma Petroleum Alliance.
https://mcusercontent.com/325f73d29a0b4f85a46b700a9/files/e9463627-4cc9-46e2-a42c-26b20b59f26e/SAFETEA_request_to_Administer_final.02.pdf">https://mcusercontent.com/325f73d29...
...by the Oklahoma Petroleum Alliance.
https://mcusercontent.com/325f73d29a0b4f85a46b700a9/files/e9463627-4cc9-46e2-a42c-26b20b59f26e/SAFETEA_request_to_Administer_final.02.pdf">https://mcusercontent.com/325f73d29...
You can read the EPA& #39;s response, which Ti-Hua obtained and posted online, here:
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9c26a810-0dec-46bf-a0a7-55ca523d6ffc">https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/revi...
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9c26a810-0dec-46bf-a0a7-55ca523d6ffc">https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/revi...
