These Experts Take Whistleblowing On Polluters To The Next Level

A group of tech-savvy environmental crusaders are using everything from drones to FLIR cameras to locate, document, and snitch on corporate polluters where state regulators avoid or miss the mark.

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[AcidOllie]

The world needs more people like this. The corporations at the very very least can be as environmentally friendly as possible.

[jimysker]

Jobs like this can be offered to ex coal miners or ex workers of polluters. Can you imagine the expertise from people who used to work them? If you match their salary and remind them that wouldn't be working in toxic environments they'd be overjoyed, no?

[chueb]

I do leak detection at a plant in Texas. The operator's and "higher-ups" do everything they can to avoid paying the fines for having the gas leaks. It's crazy.

[grhyservondub]

calling them "snitches" is pathetic. They are citizens who care about all of us.

[rolha]

Nice .

My Grandpa was a riverkeeper in my country in 60’s/70’s.
Basically searching for illegal fishing, pollution, keeping the river banks clean, etc .
It was a paid job in those times .

[bparker]

the government gets paid whether they fix the problem or not, glad to see independent citizens focusing on the problems. Hope a similar movement happens for emf

[twistinup_]

I wish someone would come to the oilfields of North Dakota because it's been out of hand for years now. The water and air quality is terrible and because of all the flares burning off excess gases from the thousands of wells around here has screwed up the weather around here because you can watch a big storm on radar completely vanish as soon as it gets to the oilfields of western ND and then as soon as it gets past the oilfields towards the central to east half of the state the rain storms rebuild and dump rain while the oilfields are so dry the grass is gray! We need to stop the fossil fuels industry immediately

[Jalenlane]

They aren't snitches. A snitch tells for personal gain, these people are helping the environment and the people.

[undivided_unified]

with out legislators and law enforcement putting these people in REAL JAIL or straight hijacking their company from the hands of the greedy and evil owners, then nothing will change. They have calculated the cost of fines in to their profits.
WE PAY FOR THIER FINES WITH PROFITS...

[nochilltv]

The title sucks and they're not snitching because they don't work for the company nor doing business with them. Should have misleading title like this because it's very valuable work for the benefit of all of us.

[flipsolo]

[Update] I’m glad they changed the title. [Original post] The title is terrible. For some reason, reporting wrong doing and just being a citizen is now frowned upon. He should be commended.

[JJadx]

this is what i wish enviromentalism is about. not selling "green" garbage and bullying the poor. but protecting people.

[neil]

These people don’t deserve this title…better change it, this is not „snitching“, but rather investigating and saving the environment.

[thesilentone]

I'm glad people like you exist also I wish I had the money to do what you do.
Also also I wish to own my own organic very rare but American native fruits and vegetables that help collect co2 .

[dontmakememad]

We need this in Pennsylvania. Especially our Susquehanna river

[cb]

Great piece, stupid characterization. They're not "snitches", they're whistleblowers. 2 entirely different things.

[Sjalabais]

Amazing reporting. We need these people!

[melissaverduin]

These people are true patriots to America!🇺🇲 Thank you all. And our children thank you❣

[killercaos]

Keep the government accountable to their own laws!

[patrickhessler]

A hero of our times, we need so many more