January 17, 2016
Missouri is buying a park. That’s nice. I like parks.
But there’s a catch:
Over the years, lead mining companies in Missouri have been
fined $49.3 million for environmental damage. The money was to be used for
restoration projects in southeast and southern Missouri. Now the trustees of
the money want to use almost $11 million of the money to buy a park, plus fund
some native plant and stream restoration.
Some communities that were affected by the damage are upset
that the trustees want to use that money to buy a park. They feel that the
settlement money should actually be used to clean up the environment.
Who’d have thunk it?
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