Polluters have mounted a public pressure campaign, even enlisting some members of Congress, to lobby EPA to weaken the law even more. For the sake of our lakes and streams and the wildlife and people who depend on them, the law needs to be strengthened, not watered down.
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EPA's proposal is a good first step, but it still leaves too many loopholes for polluters. For example, it allows polluters to dump more pollution into already contaminated streams. And it doesn't even cover some types of pollution.Andy Buchsbaum
If we don't spend a little money now, we're going to spend a lot of money later (on pollution-related costs), which would be completely unnecessary.
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Just as bridges and roads crumble without adequate investment, so are the Great lakes deteriorating.
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This restoration plan comes just in time. The Great Lakes are sick. Their immune system is damaged. If we quickly take the actions in this plan we can heal the lakes.
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We don't have the luxury of waiting one more shipping season to regulate these (overseas) vessels.
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