Editorial: Science, not politics, must guide monitoring of water, air quality

A report out by the Better Government Association last week should concern every Illinoisan who cares about the air we breathe and the water we drink.

The report states, among other things, that in Region 5 of the Environmental Protection Agency — Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio — inspections for air, water and land pollution have dropped by more than 60% in the past three years. That drop is twice as big as other regions of the U.S., which average a 30% decrease in the number of inspections.

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Ken Notes: politics is now about money, and money comes from business. So we need business to recognize the importance of a clean environment and many of them do!