PA town gets free Pizza in exchange for explosion, toxic chemicals and 5 day fire!

[IamSam]

(Who says Big Oil doesn't care about the little guy?)

You guys in PA get ALL the breaks. Here in Colorado when an illegal gold ore milling operation (named “Red Arrow” for some unknowable reason) in my town of Mancos was discovered to be contaminating the town drinking water supply with mercury, first the state of Colorado told us, “No worries! You’re all mad as hatters out there, anyhow; so drink up.” (Coors – brewed with pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water!). The owner of Red Arrow, now hiding out under a deep snow drift somewhere up in the San Juans, recently sent out a message tied to the horn of a Rocky Mountain goat: “Catch me if you can. Besides, I am not a crook!” For some reason, residents of Mancos do not feel re-assured by either the word out of the state capital 400 miles away in Denver or proclamations written by the frost bitten fingers of our latest outlaw due for a good hanging. Coloradans do like their Coors, though (there’s no accounting for some people’s taste or lack there-of), and Mancos residents have not touched a drop of water since last summer. Instead, they have been guzzling and paying out of their own pockets for an average of one case of Coors per resident per day.

Then there’s the treatment given to Pennsylvania residents when some outfit is responsible for an environmental disaster in one of YOUR towns. Even our British cousins were impressed. As the Brits reported in the Daily Mail:

When the tiny town of Bobtown, Pa. was stirred by an explosion at a nearby Chevron fracking site last week, residents feared toxic chemicals were being released into the air as a fire raged for five days.

Chevron sprung into action, attempting to calm the town with an apology letter that included a small token of appreciation for putting up with a terrifying explosion, according to a Gizmodo report.

The oil giant threw in a coupon for one free pizza and a 2-liter bottle of soda for citizens' troubles. But it's not just any pizza – it's a special combo pizza that's only redeemable before May 1.

OK, fess up, Wolf. You visited the CEO of Chevron and made him call in for a pizza delivery at gunpoint. Admit it.

Chevron's letter of apology: