Editorial: 50 years later, the Clean Water Act is under assault
by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Oct 19, 2022
2 minutes
President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse the toxic degradation of U.S. rivers, lakes and streams took effect half a century ago today.
The law was inspired in part by the notorious 1969 Cuyahoga River fire in Ohio, in which the river itself, laden with oil and
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