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On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:45:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Oct 7, 3:25*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
Chesapeake Bay settlement has EPA agreeing to enforce pollution
reduction goals:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR201...

This will have wide ranging implications for the bay, hopefully for
the better.

I was wondering why they waited so long to take any action...

It will cost money to change current practices and the agricultural
businesses in and around the Chesapeake tributaries wield an enormous
amount of political power.

When you look at the size of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed it is
enormous.

http://tinyurl.com/33myuyl

or

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