Re: Thanks To Rightists, America is A Sewer

On 6/14/2020 10:07 AM, Red States = Shithole States wrote:
> E.P.A. Is Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to
> Come
> Washington, D.C., is digging a miles-long tunnel to contain the city’s
> untreated sewage during heavy rains.
> Washington, D.C., is digging a miles-long tunnel to contain the city’s
> untreated sewage during heavy rains.Credit...Ting Shen for The New York
> Times
> Christopher Flavelle
> 
> By Christopher Flavelle
> 
> Mr. Flavelle went 10 stories beneath Washington, D.C., to learn why sewage
> storage tunnels cost so much to build.
> 
>      Published Jan. 24, 2020
>      Updated Jan. 28, 2020
> 
> The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep
> dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change
> federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews
> with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists.

This is the kind of harmful deregulation that Hartung applauds.