Thursday, June 21, 2012

Scandals: Brown Drops HSR Plan to Ease Enviromental Approvals

Common sense and environmentalists have won a battle in the High Speed Rail war.

See here:  Brown Bows to Enviros on HSR

"All along we thought it was a stupid idea," said Kathryn Phillips, Sierra Club California director. "Trying to reduce environmental review for one of the largest public works projects in the state's history really makes no sense."

I don't like the overbearing nature of current legislation like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act and California's CEQA, but I also can't agree with evading existing law for political purposes.

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