Murkowski seriously off track with support of bill to gut EPA water protections
SEAFOODNEWS.COM Op ed by Greg Andrew April 23, 2014
Greg Andrew is a former member of the Levelock Village Council, one of the original tribes to request EPA intervention to protect the Bristol Bay watershed. He is also on the executive committee of United Tribes of Bristol Bay.
Gov. Sean Parnell's House Bill 77 proved to be very unpopular Alaska wide, yet at the national level Sen. Lisa Murkowski is now supporting similar policy and siding with corporate interests over everyday Alaskans.
Murkowski is co-sponsoring SB2156, a bill that limits the EPA's ability to protect even our most precious watersheds, our world renowned fisheries, and, for many of us, our very way of life.
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