Carney Sides With Pesticide Polluters
To be fair, he hadn’t cast any real egregious votes for a few weeks now.
That has changed. Carney sided with pesticide polluters who don’t even want to get a permit to spray in waterways. This despite the fact that there had not been a single complaint from a single state or provider urging a change in policy:
Fortunately for all of us, the vote required a super-majority and fell short of it. So Carney scored points with corporate polluters while not causing any damage. Yet.
Just one question. Why the bleep would he ever cast a vote like this? John? John?
This is the same John Carney who pushed for biomonitoring studies to see if there was a cancer cluster around the Indian River plant?
This is also a bill that leaves open the cost of cleanup for these waterbodies who may be overdosed with these pesticides. These bills would be a very different animal if the Federal government would not just loosen the regulatory strings, but also making it clear that the Polluter Pays. Period. That’s harder to trace if you are not getting a permit, but making all of the owners that adjoin the waterbody culpable might do it.
This vote spits in the face of his own recently departed Dad who was a great friend to the environment.
Wow, bringing up his Dad. Classy Jason. Really Classy.
I happen to know that his father would have been appalled by this vote.
“classy, Jason. really classy.”
Is this dickhead applying for the position of blog scold?
I am, Geezer. I heard you were going to be on vacation so I figured they’d be one dickhead short. Reporting for duty.
BASF, Bayer, Dow, DuPont and Syngenta, collectively known as the “Big 6” — dominate the world’s seed and pesticide markets.
BASF (Delaware Corporation), Dow Chemical Corp (Delaware Corporation).
Bayer (Cropscience, Delaware LP): the world’s biggest agrochemical company is also the world’s seventh biggest seed company.
Syngenta (Delaware Corporate Headquarters): the world’s second largest agrochemical company is also the world’s third largest seed company.
Monsanto (Delaware Corporation): the world’s biggest seed company is the world’s fifth largest agrochemical company.
And DuPont (Delaware Corporation): the world’s second biggest seed company is also the world’s sixth largest agrochemical company.
All these companies are gene giants.
Weed killers (herbicides) account for about one-third of the global pesticide market, and around 80% of GM seeds involve herbicide-resistance.