The Wrack

If you’re a clean water junkie like me, this week’s response by the EPA to the mine wastewater spill into Colorado’s Animas River — that their own contractors inadvertently caused — is a fascinating and sad event to watch from the sidelines.

The daily updates on the EPA’s website are quite good and informative — nice transparency and responsiveness by the agency so far. (I wonder if there was a pre-written Disaster Response Plan.)

Critics are legion, however, particularly on the anti-government / right-wing side.

I think this is a great example of people seeing what they want to see and how opposing camps deliver their storytelling in real time.