Them's the facts ma'am. Money buys criminalizing those who expose criminal polluters. I suppose it's being politically correct to expose this sort of thing? From this article:
"Wyoming has implemented a law
that will make it virtually impossible for citizen watchdog groups,
whistleblowers, and even concerned private citizens to collect data
evidence of pollution outside of city limits. The law, signed by Governor Matt Mead (R) makes it illegal to collect
data, outside of city boundaries, on all lands public, private or
federal. It cites “data collection” as meaning “take a sample of
material, acquire, gather, photograph or otherwise preserve information
in any form from open land which is submitted or intended to be
submitted to any agency of the state or federal government.” Essentially if you live in or visit Wyoming, taking a picture
of a polluted stream as a concerned citizen for the purpose of informing
the EPA, National Forestry Service or any other agency could land you a
$5000 fine and up to a year in jail."
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