Gov. Stitt signs bill into law giving ‘immunity’ to poultry companies polluting Oklahoma waterways

Ugh! We live right on the Oklahoma border! This is unconscionable.

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Senate Bill 1424 says if companies or farmers are following state laws then they can’t be sued, even if their actions caused harm.

The proposal states if chicken companies or farmers follow a nutrient management plan, they’ll be protected from any criminal or civil accountability.

U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in Tulsa ruled in 2023 [some 18 years after the lawsuit was filed] that Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and other companies polluted the Illinois River, caused a public nuisance and trespassed by spreading the litter, or manure, on land in eastern Oklahoma, and that it then leached into the river’s watershed.

[Governor Stitt wants no part of any nonsense like that.]

“You can’t have a business have a permit, doing what they’re supposed to do and then come in and let a frivolous lawsuit take place and somehow put them out of business. That’s un-American. It’s not going to happen in Oklahoma,” said Governor Stitt Friday morning.

“We are deeply disappointed by [Thursday’s] vote and the fact that this critical issue was rushed through on the final day of the session,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

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Apparently, Governor Stitt is a Christian*, of the cafeteria variety. He might want to read the Bible again, cos the Bible clearly warns us to take care of the Earth, and not defile the land. Well hey, Cafeteria Christianity is a thing, where folks ignore parts of the Bible to do their own thing.

*Governor Stitt's religion: Stitt thanked his father for 'pouring into me.' What did he mean?

Bible on taking care of the Earth:

Genesis 2:15: "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."

Isaiah 24:4-6: "The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left."

Jeremiah 2:7: "I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable."

Stewardship of the Earth Devotional (April 21, 2024):