Oil Industry Seeks Easing of Environmental Regulation During Pandemic

By | March 26, 2020

  • March 26, 2020 at 11:46 am
    Jon says:
    Hot debate. What do you think?
    Thumb up 14
    Thumb down 15

    Vultures, using any opportunity to try and increase profits and destroy the planet even more. The priorities of the Republican party are truly disgusting.

    • March 26, 2020 at 2:19 pm
      Perplexed says:
      Hot debate. What do you think?
      Thumb up 13
      Thumb down 10

      Trying to keep people employed makes them “vultures”? I’m sure you don’t drive a car or have natural gas in your house because you couldn’t be a hypocrite.

      • March 26, 2020 at 3:06 pm
        Jon says:
        Hot debate. What do you think?
        Thumb up 7
        Thumb down 14

        Trying to keep people employed by getting rid of safety regulations put in place for a reason, idiot. Sorry that your party prioritizes money above loss of life, as noted by your president trying to sacrifice the elderly to get people working again during a quarantine.

        • March 26, 2020 at 5:31 pm
          Craig Winston Cornell says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 12
          Thumb down 5

          And there you have in one post an exhibit of Andrew’s “standards”.

          Calling people idiots. Claiming all Republicans prioritize money over lives. Claiming Trump would forgo reelection because he wants people to die (as if no one would realize the results of that policy).

          Yep. Andrew loves hate.

          • March 26, 2020 at 8:19 pm
            Jon says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 6
            Thumb down 11

            There’s no “claim” the practices of the republican party literally do prioritize money over lives. Like all the time. You also started posts with insults and co descension shortly before you made this post, so your concerns are kind of nonsense.

          • March 31, 2020 at 1:35 pm
            PolarBeaRepeal says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 4
            Thumb down 4

            From above post by Jon, 3/26, 8:19PM:
            “You also started posts with insults and co descension…”

            What is ‘co descension’?

            Of note, to prove hypocrisy:

            Posted by Jon on 3/26 at 6:26 PM:
            “Trying to keep people employed by getting rid of safety regulations put in place for a reason, idiot.”

            And, per the IP in this thread by Jon 3/26 at 11:46AM;

            ” Vultures, using any opportunity to try and increase profits and destroy the planet even more. The priorities of the Republican party are truly disgusting. ”

            I suggest “to try to increase” rather than “to try and increase”.

            The above two quotes are just a sample of FLAMING. There are more for people other than IJ staff to now review, to determine if IJ is selectively enforcing their TOS.

        • March 27, 2020 at 10:31 am
          Common Sense says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 8
          Thumb down 10

          Getting rid of Progressive regulations has spurred the biggest growth in the economy in history.

          • March 27, 2020 at 11:01 am
            Jon says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 8
            Thumb down 10

            If you ignore common sense, sure. But the truth is Trump inherited a strong economy from Obama and hasn’t stopped taking credit for it. Republicans have now lead us into a recession twice in the last two decades.

          • March 31, 2020 at 10:48 am
            PolarBeaRepeal says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 3
            Thumb down 5

            How is removing punitive, ineffective, and expensive regulations on industries vital to the US economy an example of ‘ignoring common sense’?

          • March 31, 2020 at 11:07 am
            Jon says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 5
            Thumb down 3

            Your claim that these regulations are “punitive” and “ineffective” are false. Per the oil and gas trade group themselves: “worker shortages could make compliance with a range of regulations difficult, such as monitoring, reporting and immediately fixing hazardous air emissions.” these aren’t ineffective or punitive, these are important. Even the oil and gas trade are saying they’ll follow the regulations, they’re just asking for some flexibility. You don’t even know what you’re arguing for, further proving that you just argue anything right-wing without actually doing your research.

          • March 31, 2020 at 11:25 am
            PolarBeaRepeal says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 3
            Thumb down 5

            The ‘difficult’ description by the oil industry is a proxy for ‘punitive’, and the requirement for more workers to comply is ‘inefficient’ and ‘costly’.

            I am referring to ALL Federal regulations that were recently relaxed, delayed, or removed by the Trump administration as a means to improve the US economy and add jobs for US citizens.

          • March 31, 2020 at 11:47 am
            Jon says:
            Like or Dislike:
            Thumb up 5
            Thumb down 4

            LOL okay, sure. The oil industry said something totally different than your claims, but they MEANT what you meant. Sure. You’re a fraud, Polar. You can’t twist words like that. You’re making false statements as if they’re fact and then claiming you speak for the oil industry representatives quoted in the article. Surprise: YOU DON’T.

            You are pushing your right-wing agenda at all costs, regardless of facts and information available. We are not talking about ALL Federal regulations, though I’m willing to bet you’re just as wrong in those statements as you are in these. You were just proven to be wrong about these particular on-subject federal regulations, no one cares about your opinion on ALL regulations as that is an off-topic conversation, and based on opinion. You have shown a complete disregard for fact, your opinion doesn’t matter.

            You were WRONG and you are lying to try and pretend that you’re not.

        • March 31, 2020 at 11:07 am
          Jon says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 1
          Thumb down 0

          You’ve posted this garbage before. All three of your claims are false attempts at a straw-man argument.

        • March 31, 2020 at 11:23 am
          Jon says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 1
          Thumb down 0

          Of note: You found time to reply immediately to this off-topic ridiculous straw-man attempt, but you didn’t respond to my shutting down of your bogus claims that the titular environmental regulations are “punitive and ineffective” since that description shows you couldn’t even be bothered to read the article you’re refuting. Really, they’re just punitive? Apparently even the oil trade disagrees with you, since their argument is that they won’t ignore the regulations, they just need a buffer to allow them more time to react since they have fewer workers right now. You were proven to be lying, is what I’m saying.

        • March 31, 2020 at 11:34 am
          PolarBeaRepeal says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 0
          Thumb down 1

          There would be no need to ask for a deferral of regulations if they weren’t hindering the Oil Industry’s work. Hiring more workers to comply is a problem stated by the OI.

        • March 31, 2020 at 11:48 am
          Jon says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 1
          Thumb down 0

          Posting three times in a row doesn’t change the fact that you made a stupid straw-man argument attempt. You don’t have any facts or evidence on your side. All three of your claims were ridiculous attempts to deny the fact that the republican party cares more about money than human life. Biggest example: Us being the most developed nation without healthcare for all. It’s pretty simple, you’re just lying to cover that fact.

    • March 31, 2020 at 10:39 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
      Like or Dislike:
      Thumb up 3
      Thumb down 5

      Jon; your ignorance of the facts readily available to anyone with an open mind is apparent in your post.

      Increased profits are required to attract capital to solve problems that involve risk taking.

      Socialist and Communist policies ultimately fail. If you believe otherwise, move to Russia, China, Venezuela, North Korea, …. and Socialist libs’ favorite examples; Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark. By the way, WHY are so many foreigners trying to migrate to the US and NOT to Canada, Sweden, Denmark….? Hmm, there seems to be a problem with your contention that Capitalism is evil.

      • March 31, 2020 at 11:08 am
        Jon says:
        Like or Dislike:
        Thumb up 5
        Thumb down 3

        You just posted a false argument about the oil industry’s reasons to remove these regulations, then three bogus straw-man argument claims. Sounds like you’re the one ignorant of facts readily available, buddy.

        • March 31, 2020 at 11:50 am
          Jon says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 1
          Thumb down 0

          I don’t need to rebutt it, because as usual you’re trying to goalpost shift and straw-man argue. The article isn’t about other countries, or gun seizure laws, or whatever nonsense you’re trying to misdirect us to. Try to stay on topic instead of spreading lies to obfuscate your lack of knowledge on the subject.

          BTW keep yelling about others being socialist while your president decides it’s okay to use socialism sometimes, hypocrites LOL

  • March 26, 2020 at 1:33 pm
    Lori Taylor says:
    Like or Dislike:
    Thumb up 13
    Thumb down 5

    Jon… really?
    It’s not the Republican party priority. Get YOUR priorities straight, it’s the industry asking and I don’t agree with it either. But don’t saddle the republican party with it.

  • March 27, 2020 at 12:34 pm
    Common Sense says:
    Like or Dislike:
    Thumb up 8
    Thumb down 9

    Jon, you have been thoroughly brainwashed by some liberal professor. Socialism has never worked anywhere it has been tried.

    • March 30, 2020 at 10:48 am
      Jon says:
      Like or Dislike:
      Thumb up 8
      Thumb down 7

      I could say the exact same for you with Fox News and Fascism.

  • March 31, 2020 at 12:23 pm
    PolarBeaRepeal says:
    Like or Dislike:
    Thumb up 3
    Thumb down 3

    No, you can’t rebut my rebuttal of your claim that Republicans prioritize money over life wherein I gave 3 instances of Liberals doing just that.

    Because you didn’t make any such case for your ‘greediness’ claim, YOU are the person diverting the discussion into another topic.

    • March 31, 2020 at 12:43 pm
      Jon says:
      Like or Dislike:
      Thumb up 3
      Thumb down 5

      Your three instances were deleted by the mods because they were off-topic and all false claims. I don’t need to refute the crazy old man in the street yelling that Obama is an Arab, he refutes himself by being so crazy no one would take him seriously. That is you, Polar. You are attempting to divert the conversation as always because the facts don’t align with your right-wing sensibilities. Sorry you can’t handle the reality that your party is made up of greedy corporate shills.

      • March 31, 2020 at 1:22 pm
        PolarBeaRepeal says:
        Like or Dislike:
        Thumb up 3
        Thumb down 3

        No, Republicans do not prioritize ‘money over life’.

        Which party allows and ENCOURAGES, with publicly-funded monetary incentives, illegal entry into the US, risking lives of US citizens at the hands of MS-13 members, drug-traffickers, human traffickers, and other criminals?

        Which party supports abortion rights, up to and AFTER birth?

        Which party supports phased steps toward gun seizure that results in a defenseless public and armed criminals who do not obey gun laws?

        • March 31, 2020 at 2:24 pm
          Jon says:
          Like or Dislike:
          Thumb up 3
          Thumb down 4

          Saying republicans don’t prioritize money over life doesn’t make it true. You had these comments deleted how many times, Polar? Your claims are ridiculous and false. You are re-posting lies which were deleted, and then you whined above about me not following IJ TOS.

          Here’s a TOS: Stop posting straw-man arguments unrelated to the topic of conversation because you got caught lying about the topic of conversation and don’t have any argument left.



Add a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*