Private efforts to treat municipal wastewater, monitor and maintain clean watersheds, make rational recycling choices, and purchase and sell air emission credits can protect the environment. Other articles include an interview with State Representative Howard Wetters on encouraging voluntary environmental compliance audits, and the story of a private wetlands developer and his amazing journey from environmental visionary to fugitive from justice. 20 pages.
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