the only reason the State of RI would be powerless is because the FEDERAL government has neutered the states power. Otherwise let the State attorney bring charges against the Corporations. A state court can fine a corporation or penalize its officers and employees for bad behavior just as well as a federal court can. actually the Federal government makes deals with the big corporations ALL THE TIME. for instance JP Morgan stole $200 billion worth of client money. they were then taken to court and then they settled by giving a $100 million fine and in return did not have to admit any wrongdoing. Not having to admit wrong doing then makes it extremely difficult to get a civil case against that same company nearly impossible. If anything the Federal regulators should have fined JP Morgan 500 billion and put all the bastards in the hokey for 30 years, that would send one hell of a message. But instead they fine them 5% of the money they stole and give them a scolding. If bank robbers were only fined 5% of the money they stole how long will the line of masked bandits be leading out the door of every bank in the nation?
Oh gosh i don't know. What is the single largest cash crop in the USA? Is this awesome crop legal to grow according to the Federal regulations?
So why would a state upstream care about a state downstream?
in SOME cases, not most. Want to see how much influence you can have over a corporation? Get every single person to boycott them and their products. Watch how fast things change. I realize this is simply impossible in the USA due to herd mentality and lemmingism, but in other countries it has been very effective.
Growing MJ is not banned, if you can get the tax stamp to grow you can grow all you want. Getting the tax stamp is heavily regulated, in fact so heavily regulated that they never give any out. Yet this all affects the growing of hemp too, which has no medicinal effects but is a great crop with a multitude of uses. I think it has something to do with government not wanting to create too much competition for some of the big chemical and paper and pharma companies more so but is used under the guise of keeping us safe from the killer effects of Marijuana.
Boycot not the producer, since they are not responsible for the spills, but instead start a campaign of information and then boycott the transportation company that actually spilled it.
