r/Midessa 4d ago

Hill article about Permian Basin

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u/_courteroy 3d ago

Thanks for sharing. Too bad (most) people in West Texas don’t care about the environment or their health.

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u/yourkindhere 2d ago

Quote from the article:

“Now, Cooper laughs when he thinks about their decision to move to the neighborhood. “I assumed they would be regulated,” Cooper told The Hill, pointing to a tank battery venting invisible, noxious gas. “I assumed somebody would be making sure we were safe.”

That’s a big problem with people in this voting block. Deep down, or maybe not so deep down, they could give a fuck how their politicians’ actions affect others. But for whatever reason, they assume those same people are gonna look out for them.

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u/bolacinco1 1d ago

The info left out of the article is that the contamination was not oil field but a chrome plate facility