EPA in the hotseat over fines
- From: Vol 10, Issue 12 (December 2009)
- Category: Opinion
- Region: Americas
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A Senate committee has taken the EPA to task for its low success in penalizing delinquent water systems. Emily Pickrell assesses the implications.
The same week that President Obama went off to Scandinavia for both the Nobel Peace Prize and the 2009 Climate Conference, the Environmental Protection Agency was left with the less glamorous task of explaining why the majority of water polluters are never punished or fined.
At a hearing on 8th December, some chagrined committee members chastised the EPA for failing ...
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