LAWS GOVERNING FRESHWATER AND GROUND WATER POLLUTION

It is fashionable and easy to say that we are ‘environmentalists’. The now famous 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro has produced the environmentalist manifesto. Newsweek magazine's cover page on June 1, 1992 said the following: “No More Hot Air: It's Time to Talk Sense About the Environment.” Indeed, we all are environmentalists, until it comes to making some tough economic and political choices, like proposing or voting for a hefty tax on gasoline. This ambivalence about the environment is clear from the careful political statements quoted on the previous page. You may remember how much time Congress spent debating the ambitious BTU tax in 1993...