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Title: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: CactusCarlos on February 26, 2011, 09:14:22 PM
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, Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Posted by somone on Sat Feb-26-11 03:45 PM

    Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    The Toxic 100 Air Polluters index identifies the top U.S. air polluters among the world's largest corporations. The index relies on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI), which assesses the chronic human health risk from industrial toxic releases. The underlying data for RSEI is the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), in which facilities across the U.S. report their releases of toxic chemicals. In addition to the amount of toxic chemicals released, RSEI also includes the degree of toxicity and population exposure. The Toxic 100 Air Polluters ranks corporations based on the chronic human health risk from all of their U.S. polluting facilities.

    http://data.rtknet.org/tox100/2010/index.php?search=yes&database=t1&detail=1&datype=T&reptype=a&company1=&company2=13671&chemfac=fac&advbasic=bas

    Koch Industries
    Rank in Toxic 100: 10
    Rank among all TRI companies: 14
    Air releases 2006 (lbs): 33,560,949
    Incineration transfers 2006 (lbs): 1,938,445

Absolutely unacceptable.  What do I need to do to get the Koch Brothers to the #1 position?  :-)
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Freeper on February 26, 2011, 09:17:47 PM
I bet you 2 weeks ago none of these goons even knew who the Koch brothers were. Now they are the greatest evil since Teh Rove and Chimpy.

Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on February 26, 2011, 09:20:29 PM
I bet you 2 weeks ago none of these goons even knew who the Koch brothers were. Now they are the greatest evil since Teh Rove and Chimpy.



They've been talking about the Koch brothers for several months.  I thought they were just another figment of their imagination until recently.  I still see no difference between what the Koch's do and what Soros does , except for the fact that Soros is a cocksucker that wants to oversee the fall of the US.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: GOBUCKS on February 26, 2011, 09:31:54 PM
I still see no difference between what the Koch's do and what Soros does , except for the fact that Soros is a cocksucker that wants to oversee the fall of the US.
The Koch brothers and George Soros are two sides of the same coin. Both are fabulously wealthy business moguls. The Koch brothers love America and are  promoting actions they honestly believe will help her prosper. Soros hates America, and is promoting actions he honestly believes will help destroy her. Neither the Koch brothers nor Soros are motivated by personal profit, just political ideology. Democrat beliefs are in line with Soros, so they hate the Koch brothers.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Ballygrl on February 26, 2011, 09:34:50 PM
How much money did Soros make on the economic collapse? how much money will he make off of Egypt?
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Freeper on February 26, 2011, 09:36:31 PM
They've been talking about the Koch brothers for several months.  I thought they were just another figment of their imagination until recently.  I still see no difference between what the Koch's do and what Soros does , except for the fact that Soros is a cocksucker that wants to oversee the fall of the US.

A couple of them have mentioned them for awhile now but, just the past couple of days all of them have latched on to their hatred of these people they didn't even know existed before all this crap started. I bet you not one of them even researched the Koch brothers to figure out why they should hate them. They just saw some other DUmmy talking bad about them and before long they too were joining in.


Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on February 26, 2011, 09:38:52 PM
The Koch brothers and George Soros are two sides of the same coin. Both are fabulously wealthy business moguls. The Koch brothers love America and are  promoting actions they honestly believe will help her prosper. Soros hates America, and is promoting actions he honestly believes will help destroy her. Neither the Koch brothers nor Soros are motivated by personal profit, just political ideology. Democrat beliefs are in line with Soros, so they hate the Koch brothers.

I think Soros is somewhat motivated also by profit, and has had his hands in on several economic collapses before. He has been around and active for a long time.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Freeper on February 26, 2011, 09:40:55 PM
I think Soros is somewhat motivated also by profit, and has had his hands in on several economic collapses before. He has been around and active for a long time.

I kind of suspect it isn't so much profit as it is he gets his jollies from causing chaos. Then again I keep hearing all the things about Soros is just lies made up by Beck.
 :-)
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on February 26, 2011, 09:47:23 PM
I kind of suspect it isn't so much profit as it is he gets his jollies from causing chaos. Then again I keep hearing all the things about Soros is just lies made up by Beck.
 :-)

I had heard of Soros long before I heard of Glenn Beck, so someone must have been spreading the "lies" before Beck.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: DLR Pyro on February 26, 2011, 09:51:20 PM
I'll bet Halliburton is breathing a sigh of relief now that Kochi Industries is the new bad guy in town.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Evil_Conservative on February 26, 2011, 09:52:09 PM
They are obsessed with Koch.

(How do you pronounce their name?  Cock?)
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on February 26, 2011, 09:56:12 PM
They are obsessed with Koch.

(How do you pronounce their name?  Cock?)

Coke.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Evil_Conservative on February 26, 2011, 09:57:09 PM
Coke.

Seriously?  I've been calling them the "cock" brothers.  :(
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on February 26, 2011, 10:00:07 PM
Seriously?  I've been calling them the "cock" brothers.  :(

I had been calling them Kotch.
Title: Have a Coke and a smile. Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: DLR Pyro on February 26, 2011, 10:05:40 PM
Coke.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: MrsSmith on February 27, 2011, 07:10:42 AM
If I read this correctly, the majority of the "problem" is with one Georgia Pacific location:

http://data.rtknet.org/tox100/index.php?search=yes&database=t1&detail=1&datype=T&reptype=a&company2=13671&company1=&parent=&chemfac=fac&advbasic=bas

Koch Industries bought Georgia Pacific in 2005, and I've found several articles about the use of old data for these rankings, and PERI admitted in a response to Kodak that the latest data they had was from 2002.  So already looking like a hit piece, not real news...

Then I ran across this:
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Recycling
GP Harmon Recycling, a division of Georgia-Pacific, is one of the top suppliers of recovered paper in the world.  In 2008, Harmon managed nearly 7 million tons of recovered paper worldwide. Approximately 3.4 million tons were used in Georgia-Pacific facilities in 2008 while the rest was sold to other users of recovered paper. GP Harmon Recycling also manages other recyclable materials, including aluminum and plastic.http://www.kochind.com/EHS/forest.aspx

 Now, seriously, is there any chance the left is hitting out at Koch for political reasons and ignoring the actual overall work of their industries?  (Like they believe Al Gore's global warming crap despite his over-the-top personal energy use while ignoring Pres. Bush's very green Texas home?) Nah, there is no way our intelligent, educated, ethical left would ignore facts to score political points.  Right?

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: diesel driver on February 27, 2011, 07:24:51 AM
If I read this correctly, the majority of the "problem" is with one Georgia Pacific location:

http://data.rtknet.org/tox100/index.php?search=yes&database=t1&detail=1&datype=T&reptype=a&company2=13671&company1=&parent=&chemfac=fac&advbasic=bas

Koch Industries bought Georgia Pacific in 2005, and I've found several articles about the use of old data for these rankings, and PERI admitted in a response to Kodak that the latest data they had was from 2002.  So already looking like a hit piece, not real news...

Then I ran across this:
 Now, seriously, is there any chance the left is hitting out at Koch for political reasons and ignoring the actual overall work of their industries?  (Like they believe Al Gore's global warming crap despite his over-the-top personal energy use while ignoring Pres. Bush's very green Texas home?) Nah, there is no way our intelligent, educated, ethical left would ignore facts to score political points.  Right?

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

The Koch brothers are also involved in oil exploration and refining, as well as the petrochemical industry.  SO, IOW, they may not be "Big Oil", but they are "Oil", and that's all a DUmmie has to hear to get a wad in their panties.

Oil (big or otherwise) = Evil
Koch brothers = Big Business = Industrial/military complex (or some such shit) = Good for America = Evil

Everybody knows that.

 :rotf:  :lmao:  :lmao:  :rotf:
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: BlueStateSaint on February 27, 2011, 10:37:31 AM
Seriously?  I've been calling them the "cock" brothers.  :(

Hmmm . . . does your husband know about this? :tongue: :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: jukin on February 27, 2011, 01:13:39 PM
Political Economy Research Institute = communist front group.

Anytime you see the words: Political, Justice, Economic, Social, Progress, People(s), ... in an organizations name, there is a 98% chance of that group being a communist front group.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: GOBUCKS on February 27, 2011, 01:21:27 PM
Political Economy Research Institute = communist front group.

Anytime you see the words: Political, Justice, Economic, Social, Progress, People(s), ... in an organizations name, there is a 98% chance of that group being a communist front group.

Add "Peace", "Democratic", and "Equality".
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: diesel driver on March 01, 2011, 06:56:13 AM
Add "Peace", "Democratic", and "Equality".

                         :lol:

Don't forget "fairness", "truth", "accuracy", "media", "study", and "foundation".

Sure-fire tipoffs right there.  
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: Rebel on March 01, 2011, 07:37:15 AM
I bet you 2 weeks ago none of these goons even knew who the Koch brothers were. Now they are the greatest evil since Teh Rove and Chimpy.



I know I didn't.
Title: Re: Koch Industries is Top 10 Air Polluter in the U.S.
Post by: zeitgeist on March 01, 2011, 07:42:37 AM
I had heard of Soros long before I heard of Glenn Beck, so someone must have been spreading the "lies" before Beck.

Gee and here I thought I was the only one.  It seems to me Beck did a radio show that was broadcast on a low power AM station around that I could only sporadically catch at work.  Now where did I first hear of Georgie boy?  Darn I will have to ponder on that but I am pretty certain it wasn't on Beck. 

I am guessing it was in the WSJ.............you know when he was destroying other countries curriencies?  Yep I think that was probably it.