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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by vaughnegut on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:22PM (#25934128)
The river running through Cleveland used to be so polluted that it caught fire at least a dozen times.[1]

[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught...

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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by xxpor on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:04PM (#25937624)
And provided the spark that caused the Clean Water Act to pass. Impossible to imagine something similar today.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by sholladay on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:06PM (#25944950)
Unless you live in Flint. Then nothing is impossible to imagine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by xxpor on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:57PM (#25947049)
Sorry that was ambiguously worded. My point was that nothing like the CWA was even floated afterwards, since everyone knows the politics of today wouldn't allow it.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by mdturnerphys on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:39AM (#25939243)
Maybe in the US, but I've seen some horribly dirty waterways in other countries.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by lostlogin on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:02AM (#25938769)
I wonder if this is how Terry Pratchett was inspired, as the Ankh sometimes caught fire.

https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Ankh-Morpork

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