Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) – March 22, 2017
In 1973, as I looked out over the Shenandoah Valley from Skyline Drive, there was a blanket of dark smog about the level of the top of the Massanutten Peak. The park ranger said it was pollution from states to our west. It has much improved since then due to good environmental regulations.
Now we are taking a big step backward. President Trump’s administrator of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, when asked about pollution crossing state lines, had no comment. Pruitt sued the EPA multiple times over regulations and Trump has already signed an environmental executive order allowing stream pollution.
Our “representative,” Bob Goodlatte, who will not even come listen to us about any issue, has supported them completely. So as our environment and health start to deteriorate over time, we will know who to blame. Maybe with enough citizen input we can stop a flood of environmental degradation.
Charles Strickler
Harrisonburg
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley 