Thune moving to protect donors from pollution standards

Last year through the US Environmental Protection Agency the Obama administration moved to identify non-point pollution sources.

The EPA argues it isn’t expanding its authority, just clarifying it, and that the change will protect the country’s water supply. [Sioux Falls Argus Leader]

This year South Dakota's GOP congressional delegation is stumbling all over itself trying to protect donors like Monsanto and Syngenta from their accountability for the state's impaired waters.

Now, during National Groundwater Awareness Week comes this from the Argus Leader:

“Any federal regulation that could make farmers and ranchers legally liable for fines and penalties for conducting normal farming practices would be an overstep of authority and an infringement on their rights,” Thune said.

South Dakota deserves better.

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