Environmentalists Fault EPA’s Vessel Limits But Stop Short Of Legal Threat

Environmentalists are strongly criticizing EPA’s final rule governing pollution releases from ships, charging that the measure will not adequately protect the Great Lakes and other interior waters from invasive species and pollution though they stopped short of suing over the recently issued regulation. In statements issued shortly after EPA issued its rule, several groups charged that the measure fails to go far enough and regulate existing “laker” ships that operate exclusively in the Great Lakes in addition to setting an...