This month in 1972, President Nixon vetoed the bipartisan Clean Water Act, deeming it “budget-wrecking.” A day later, however, Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine) led the…
Clean Water Act rewrite may leave popular lakes vulnerable to pollution
Wilmington, N.C. – Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the…