Are New Pollution Limits Enough To Save Lake Champlain?

With the passing of Vermont’s Clean Water Act last year, the state has made a serious commitment to tackle the pollution problems plaguing Lake Champlain, but are the new pollution limits enough to save Lake Champlain?

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Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state used entirely new — and significantly different — data to calculate how much runoff the lake can safely handle. That’s after a lawsuit challenged the pollution limits and the accuracy of the data established in the state’s 2002 plan.

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