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States: Pentagon Retaliating for Pollution Clean-Up Calls

HeadlineSep 19, 2008

Back in the United States, state officials are accusing the Pentagon of punishing them over their calls to enforce environmental laws. The Environmental Council of States says the Pentagon has reduced or withheld federal oversight money in response to requests for a clean-up of polluted military bases. Environmental officials say they’ve been pressured in California, Colorado, Alabama, Ohio and about a dozen other states.

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