EcoWatch: The U.S. District Court in Eastern Louisiana ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday to determine within six months whether to set new limits on the pollution that is fueling the dangerous algae growth choking the waters throughout the Mississippi River basin, the Gulf of Mexico and waters across the country.
For too long, the EPA has stood on the sidelines while our nations waters slowly choke on algae, said Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Senior Attorney...