EPA Creates Most Wanted List of Eco-Criminals

The EPA unveiled a most wanted list of their own on Wednesday, full of environmental fugitives accused of ‘assaulting nature’. Their crimes? Smuggling chemicals that damage the earth’s ozone layer, dumping hazardous waste into oceans and trafficking in polluting cars. Names and mug shots of the 23 fugitives are listed on the EPA website, along with the details of the allegations against them.

From MSNBC:

Those listed include:

• Mauro Valenzuela, who in 1996 is alleged to have illegally transported hazardous waste oxygen generators onboard ValuJet flight 592 without proper markings and other safety measures. The jet crashed, killing all 110 passengers and crew onboard. Valenzuela failed to appear in federal court nine years ago.
• John Karayannides, who allegedly helped orchestrate the dumping of 487 tons of wheat tainted with diesel fuel into the South China Sea in 1998. Karayannides is believed to have fled to Athens, Greece.
• The father and son team of Carlos and Allesandro Giordano, who were arrested in 2003 as the owners of Autodelta USA, a company that was illegally importing and selling Alfa Romeos that did not meet U.S. emission or safety standards. The two men are believed to be hiding out in Italy.
• Raul Chavez-Beltran, who ran an environmental cleanup company in El Paso, Texas, that is accused of transporting hazardous waste from factories along the Mexican border and improperly disposing and storing it in the U.S. In one case, he allegedly stockpiled mercury-laced soil from an environmental spill in a warehouse.

What I want to know is, where the hell is George W. Bush on this list? He’s done more harm to the environment than any of the people named here. His administration has made literally hundreds of harmful environmental roll-backs during his 8 long, painful years in office, and he’s still not done! As we speak, this dangerous eco-criminal is holed up in our nation’s capital devising ways to gut 30 years of environmental law. Isn’t it about time for a citizen’s arrest?

Link [MSNBC]

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