EPA Discloses New Actions Against Polluters at ‘Poisoned Waters’ Documentary Preview
Lisa Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency chief for the Obama Administration, asserted today at a forum for the PBS Frontline documentary “Poisoned Waters” that new legislation is needed to strengthen the EPA’s authority to control pollution and protect local rivers, streams and wetlands across America.
Jackson, speaking at the National Press Club, said that court decisions had left “murkiness” about the EPA’s authority to enforce some mandates of the Clean Water Act. She said EPA would seek new legislation to “clarify” its authority to take action on smaller waterways.
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