Senate Panel Faces Showdown Over Pentagon Push For Environmental Waivers

The fight over the Defense Department's push to win long-sought exemptions from key environmental requirements is likely to be renewed in the Senate Armed Services Committee later this month, where a key Republican says the bill's supporters have the votes to pass the legislation. But the committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), is promising to oppose it. "It would be harmful for human health and the environment and it is not needed for the national defense," his spokeswoman says...