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karynnj

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5. If it is the case that the company is NOT the responsible person - make it known

Reply to staggerleem (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 03:55 PM

Nov 2014

I think when there was an oil spill in the Gulf, there was mention of insurance being inadequate - which means there was insurance.

I still think that at minimum calling for something like this would make people think of both the cost and the ecological damage -- for almost NO GAIN for the country. Make them justify it.

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