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The website serves the greater Hampton Roads metro area.
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte's dedication to the environment isn't in question. That's because the Roanoke congressman doesn't often pretend that clean air or water is a priority.
The best Goodlatte has ever rated on environmental issues, according to the League of Conservation Voters, is a wretched 8 percent. He often rates a zero. Last week, Goodlatte showed why.
A quarter-century after politicians in the Chesapeake Bay watershed first began trying to create a system for cleaning up the estuary, the federal government stepped in to make good on those promises and to try to reverse a generation of failure.
Read the full editorial
An Amendment to Kill the Bay on
The Virginian-Pilot's website.
