Environmentalists Say EPA Program Encourages Polluters

A coalition of environmentalists criticize the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Performance Track program.

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February 6, 2006, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A U.S. EPA program that's supposed to give recognition and flexibility to companies that are good environmental citizens may in fact be giving a free pass to some firms that are heavy polluters and even lawbreakers, according to a coalition of environmentalists....a number of enviros [say] the program already effectively grants companies amnesty from the enforcement of federal air- and water-pollution laws."

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