With a fight underway in Congress over protecting more U.S. waterways from industrial pollution, Environment America has issued a report looking at the millions of dollars spent on politics each year by polluters. Besides the Kansas-based oil and chemical giant, other big-spending polluters include Southern meat processors and an energy company.
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More than half of U.S. waterways aren't safe for fishing, swimming or drinking due to pollution, but big polluters are mobilizing to block a proposed federal rule to extend clean water safeguards. (Photo by Thomas Hawk via Flickr.)
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<p>More than half of U.S. waterways aren't safe for fishing, swimming or drinking due to pollution, but big polluters are mobilizing to block a proposed federal rule to extend clean water safeguards. (Photo by Thomas Hawk <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2219215475/in/photolist-4o74rM-o7PVkv-hnzMqL-9StByE-9StCRd-6bSsXM-9Styhw-9StnXS-fFgx2B-cufQ97-hnyGb8-buFf4d-5qXLaE-hnzoV4-hNiqa-o32KTm-2FV9X9-puN1vY-9Sqsxn-pLVZ3Z-pLGs3V-iMkiq-3aUWWw-cV4pnE-dpYTZW-mqxm18-6vcUSG-5qo2Fp-pzW58P-jkqAkd-fFgqFF-kT2auX-jknK9Z-jkodqJ-c44wiW-fFxZCm-51onL4-fFxRVG-64EK7-kcGmPR-8tqpEt-3Xw72S-oLgrdh-kcFVMM-cJwFoY-4Xk3S-4ky5dx-4BtcCy-fFxZQy-fFgp1R">via Flickr.</a>)</p>