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Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison (futurism.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Removing silt can be pretty bad in some cases, heavy metals sink to the bottom and will not cause problems if left undisturbed, if you start removing silt you will make those pollutants bioavailable again.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Even removing the branches and larger tree limbs can cause issues with removing habitat for aquatic critters and changes the currents and flow of the river.

Cleaning the trash by hand and hauling it away is one thing. They went beyond that.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware of that. I suspect the guy in question didn't either. That's why experts should make those decisions who do know that stuff.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Do you think the government environmental agency is trustworthy? You do realize the neoliberals are in bed with big money.

There is zero fucking chance of "experts" working in the public interest at the EA. 0%.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

You don't have to work for a three letter agency to be an expert. I guarantee you that if they took the time to consult anyone remotely connected to ecological science they would have said no to hacking up the river bed without a proper survey and sampling.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, the agency did drag its feet until the guy got pissed enough to do something irresponsible. Doesn't excuse his actions, nor does it make him an expert either.

If he had an expert advising him on this course of action, cool. The articles don't seem to mention it, and the articles prey on outrage, so saying "he even had an expert telling him to do so!" would have been worth a note.

So if you're right, we've got two bunches of idiots; one negligent in their inaction, the other reckless in their action.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You might be right, but in the grand scehme of things, allowing sewage plants, that combine industrial waste with sewage, to dump in the rivers without consequence, while prosecuting this guy, rubs many of us the wrong way.

Only regular people get the shaft, not big money, that's why this outrage is here.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

have you ever been to a wastewater treatment plant? the modern ones are really cool.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

In this case the silt is a good share shit overflows from sewage releases though, which go unpunished I would add.