If it were an Exxon Employee...

[Ben]

I think the outcome here would have been a bit different:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-wont-prosecute-epa-worker-over-waste-spill-in-colorado-1476322057

[230RN]

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Screw that.

Got another link?

[dogmush]

We do this everytime some one links a wall street journal article.  They don't let you direct link an article.

Paste the headline into google and click the first result.  Same article, less paywall.  But I can't post a link. (unless I use LMGTFY, which seemed mean spirited)

Also, having gone through.......a lot of environmental regulation training with the EPA, it has less to do with whose employee it was and more with how much in fines they stand to collect (or not).  The EPA rarely goes after the individuals that caused something, preferring to find some way to hang it on a company with deep pockets.

[zxcvbob]

We do this everytime some one links a wall street journal article.  They don't let you direct link an article.

Paste the headline into google and click the first result.  Same article, less paywall.  But I can't post a link. (unless I use LMGTFY, which seemed mean spirited)

That didn't work for me this time.  The google link still had the paywall.

[dogmush]

Weird.  That's how I got in. (Right click->search Google for...)

[Ben]

The link I posted took me straight to the full article. You guys got a beef, take it up with the WSJ.

Otherwise, as Dogmush said, Google it. That takes me to the full article as well when I hit a paywall link at WSJ. Regardless, the first visible paragraph give you the gist of the topic. :)

[Ben]

Also, having gone through.......a lot of environmental regulation training with the EPA, it has less to do with whose employee it was and more with how much in fines they stand to collect (or not).  The EPA rarely goes after the individuals that caused something, preferring to find some way to hang it on a company with deep pockets.

Agreed. The employee is a conduit to the employer (if the pockets are large and deep).

[Hawkmoon]

Also, having gone through.......a lot of environmental regulation training with the EPA, it has less to do with whose employee it was and more with how much in fines they stand to collect (or not).  The EPA rarely goes after the individuals that caused something, preferring to find some way to hang it on a company with deep pockets.

So the EPA is going to fine the EPA? KOOL!

[Fly320s]

So the EPA is going to fine the EPA? KOOL!

Yes, and our taxes will pay for the EPA's lawyers, the EPA's lawyers, and the EPA's fines.

[dogmush]

So the EPA is going to fine the EPA? KOOL!

More likely they will either completely ignore it (which seems to be what's happening), or find an obscure rule the mining company broke that allowed the EPA employee to open the release, then fine the mine.

[230RN]

The link I posted took me straight to the full article. You guys got a beef, take it up with the WSJ.

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OK, it could be forgiven if your equipment or WSJ arrangements went straight to the article and you didn't know it was blocked for others.  I'm keeping that in mind, but I'd have liked to have the full article before bitching about the EPA's or its employee's actions.

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Terry

[Scout26]

It's not just the fine.   Guy won't be prosecuted much less fired for his *expletive deleted*ck-up.


Some animals are more equal than others.

[Firethorn]

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OK, it could be forgiven if your equipment or WSJ arrangements went straight to the article and you didn't know it was blocked for others.  I'm keeping that in mind, but I'd have liked to have the full article before bitching about the EPA's or its employee's actions.

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Terry

As has been stated, the way WSJ does it's paywall, simply google for the article and you get in without it.  Stupid, yes, but the way it works.

Making it so that you can get in with a direct link just won't work without creating a security violation.  I'd have to create a method to force your browser tell WSJ that it's coming from google, not aps.