Don't Drink the Water

Because of course what West Virginia needs is precisely this:

'A year after a toxic leak contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents, West Virginia lawmakers are considering a series of proposals that would weaken a new chemical tank safety law, remove stronger pollution protections for streams across the state, and protect the coal industry from enforcement actions over violations of water quality standards.'

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150209/GZ01/150209182/1419

While the GOP controls the state legislature, this is, apparently, a bipartisan effort. Because who, after all, can afford in West Virginia to make political donations?

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