{"id":49540,"date":"2015-02-11T11:22:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/dont-drink-the-water.html"},"modified":"2015-02-11T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T18:22:48","slug":"dont-drink-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/dont-drink-the-water.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Drink the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of <i>course<\/i> what West Virginia needs is precisely this:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;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.&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/article\/20150209\/GZ01\/150209182\/1419\">http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/article\/20150209\/GZ01\/150209182\/1419<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6114653556731277121\/6114653569387474002'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Wtmo2VNwmpM\/VNudBkfqLFI\/AAAAAAADI9c\/3QNBB2z0is8\/image.adapt.960.high%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QPL6DpQKh8G'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of course what West Virginia needs is precisely this: &#39;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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/dont-drink-the-water.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#039;t Drink the Water&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image.adapt.960.high5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49462,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/the-health-statistics-where-mississippi-and-west-virginia-lead-the-us.html","url_meta":{"origin":49540,"position":0},"title":"The health statistics where Mississippi and West Virginia lead the US","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Feb-15 5:27pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Neither state is known for great health stats. 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