“The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century’s gold rush.” (source: New York Times). The article reveals, alarmingly, that EPA and state regulators are NOT doing the job of protecting the water resources that supply the nation’s drinking water. Clearly the pollution issues raised need to be examined before this country ruins its own precious water supply. The pollution problem needs to be solved before any further threat to this essential resource is created.
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New York Times – Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment. NYTimes.com