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Zeus posted...

As for the probable allusion to the lead poisoning

That was an allusion specifically to Fort Chip (I'm sure you're used to downplaying that one already, having been a fan of Harper), actually, and more broadly to any community located near a body of water that's affected by oil operations (lead's primarily a neurotoxin, not a carcinogen). Because of how property values work, poorer communities are disproportionately subjected to environmental contamination like that.

Zeus posted...

Somehow it seems like there's a middle ground between "no damage" and "the sky is falling!!!!" More importantly, minor disruptions to wilderness isn't quite the same thing that people think of when they hear "environmental damage."

Commencing oil operations in a wildlife reserve does not constitute a "minor disruption" to the wilderness, nor did anyone say anything about apocalyptic environmental damage. You're the one that seems to think there's no middle ground here; the rest of use are quite concerned about local damage, whereas you're downplaying it as nothing because it's not globally catastrophic.