“Enviro” Group Sues Wastewater Company, Alleges Illegal Dumping

Clean Water Action (CWA), an anti-drilling, anti-fossil fuel 501(c)(4) non-profit group is using money from the war chest of its big liberal donors to sue a legitimate, small, private business. In a press release yesterday, CWA announced they're filing a lawsuit against Waste Treatment Corporation, alleging WTC is illegally discharging oil and gas drilling wastewater into the Allegheny River in violation of Pennsylvania state regulations. But wait--isn't it the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection's (DEP) job to monitor and punish wrongdoers who break  the rules? Yep. But that doesn't stop out-of-control groups like the CWA. WTC says they are operating according to the letter of the law and have violated no DEP regulations...

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