[Retric]

The states are a terrible choice for managing the environment. Pollution trivially crosses state borders, but often the impact is very local. IE the smell from a paper mill or sewage treatment plant doesn't spread across 1,000 miles.

So local control makes sense for local issues, and federal control makes sense for widespread issues like runoff.

[dpkirchner]

I remember way back when the right wing was all about local control and individual responsibility. What ever happened to that? (I ask rhetorically. We all know those were lies all along, of course.)