Detroit Bulk Storage renews fight to Store Pet Coke on Riverfont
The controversy over the storage of pet coke along the Detroit River shoreline continues to percolate with Detroit Bulk Storage petitioning for set up storage in River Rouge, raising concern in Windsor and River Rouge.
From the Windsor Star:
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An application to store petroleum coke on the Detroit River across from Brighton Beach was filed by Detroit Bulk Storage, but a recommendation to deny the permit was handed down by the state environmental regulator.
Detroit Bulk Storage wants to use a riverfront location in Ecorse near River Rouge for petcoke storage. The proposed site sits in between LaSalle’s Morton Drive and Sprucewood Avenue.
MDEQ is holding a public comment period on its recommendation for Detroit Bulk Storage until June 25. A public hearing will also be held by MDEQ on June 25 in the auditorium of River Rouge high school.
Looking at the Detroit Bulk Storage website makes me curious about why pet coke alone seems to be the issue rather than the broader one of all bulk storage. Part of the argument is now that the pet coke should have to be covered. But what about other bulk storage? Back in the 90's a concrete reprocessing operation set up in Highland Park. It wasn't long before Oakland Ave. was being silted over from dust created.
Koch Industries tries to troll Jon Stewart with ad bias, the Daily Show is there ....
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Jon Stewart tonight welcomed a new Daily Show advertiser: Koch Industries. And by “welcomed,” I mean mercilessly mocked and derided and will probably make them rethink taking out ad time on Comedy Central in the first place.
Stewart loved the imagery of people “working in a smile factory” and surmised that the Koch brothers are just trying to reach “our audience of not-yet-dying-off voters.” He mockingly asked, “If they were evil, would a baby agree to appear in one of their advertisements?”
And then Stewart aired a response ad to air a fuller story of the Kochs, with choice lines like “if there’s a way to monetize your thoughts, we’ll do it” and “Koch Industries: bending the democratic process to our will since 1980.”