
Rivers & fish win policy battle — for now
As of this week, it looks like our rivers, streams and lakes — and the critters who live in them — will be a little more protected from pesticides.
Unless, that is, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and others representing agribusiness interests manage to undo EPA’s court-ordered efforts to better protect the nation’s waterways from pesticide pollution. Roberts and company are pursuing every legislative hat trick in the book. But so far, cleaner water and healthier fish are coming out ahead.