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Weak Water Legislation Leaves Waterways Vulnerable
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Due to unclear rulings by the Supreme Court regarding the Clean Water Act, the EPA’s hands are tied on some waterways.
Loopholes and gray areas are leaving waterways unprotected and pollution rates are on the rise.
“…Midlevel E.P.A. officials said that internal studies indicated that as many as 45 percent of major polluters might be either outside regulatory reach or in areas where proving jurisdiction is overwhelmingly difficult,” said Charles Duhigg and Janet Roberts in their article, “Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A.”
March 8th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I am 10 years old and personally think that we should NOT make coal mines in the eastern ky mountains not only will living things (1,400 miles of it.)be destroyed but our land wil be polluted which means earth is closer to death! And we can not live without earth i’ve heard that at the capital recentally a rude intern said “the people protesting against coal mines will go home and warm up with coal intern is in mid 20’s