Ned Pepper's Outrages

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A billion dead fish

A BILLION DEAD FISH A YEAR
Another story in a long line of BP horror stories? No friends, this report in Wednesday's NYT reports that poorly performing cooling towers on Entergy Corp's Indian Point nuclear complex return water to the Hudson hot enough to kill upwards of ONE BILLION FISH, LARVAE AND EGGS A YEAR. And this has been going on for decades.
Now, Ned wonders when outraged citizens are going to take up their torches and pitchforks and demand that Entergy immediately cease paying its dividend until the fish massacres stop? When Entergy is forced to place billions of dollars in an escrow account to pay for the economic damage these kills have done to the fishing industry in the Hudson, which during the 19th century was enormous. Not just to commercial fishing, but also to sport fishing as well.
When the CEO of Entergy is forced to testify before a hostile Congress, eat crow and resign in disgrace?
Ned is, naturally, not holding his breath until these occurrences materialize.
But, he wonders, WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Or, is it just BP?
And, without minimizing the loss of life to the GOM's majestic birds, Ned encourages his readers to remember that NOT ONE FISH taken from the GOM has shown signs of oil contamination. Not one.
What WILL the hysteriasphere make of this?

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