EPA to give $60M to 12 states to help curb water pollution

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DAVID PITT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government said Friday that it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

The money comes from the infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed in November, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

Radhika Fox, EPA assistant administrator for water, made the announcement with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig in Des Moines.

“The Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico watershed is an iconic ecosystem that millions of Americans depend on for drinking water, agriculture, recreation and economic development and it is essential that we reduce nutrient pollution that harms water quality,” Fox said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-mississippi-river-mexico-gulf-of-iowa-5ac623b2897302106ba7b62c1f34411a

[doc03]

1. The Republicans will be there taking credit for the money that they voted against nt

[Martin68]

2. Sounds like a bailout for red states that have donee nothing to prevent water pollution in their

states, and have voted to defund and hamstring the EPA.

[former9thward]

4. Illinois is not a red state.

It sends Chicago pollution down to the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of the largest contributors to the problem.

Make no mistake: agricultural runoff (i.e. fertilizer) is by far the major culprit. But Chicago's wastewater today is one of the largest single contributors of phosphorus pollution in the dead zone. It's a fact environmental groups are quick to point out.

https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/10/14/769630864/floods-carp-and-crap-the-environmental-impacts-of-the-chicago-river-reversal

[Martin68]

5. True

[Magoo48]

3. In a sane world, 700B would be going yearly to soften impending climate catastrophe, while....