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Search results for "The Potomac River tops the list of most endangered rivers in the country"

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Billy Richardson stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor:
North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.
By Paul Specht• September 20, 2017
Tucker Carlson stated on December 15, 2019 in an interview with the Atlantic:
Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."
By Bill McCarthy• December 18, 2019
Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
By Madison Czopek• February 4, 2025
Steve Troxler stated on July 10, 2018 in a speech:
The Black River’s water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina."
By Paul Specht• August 1, 2018
Threads posts stated on February 05, 2025 in a post:
President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 14, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:
Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
By Madison Czopek• February 7, 2025
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a CNN interview:
"We don't have bridges being built" in the United States.
By Robert Farley• May 3, 2011
Curtis Foltz stated on November 08, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
By Willoughby Mariano• December 14, 2011
Stop Gillnetting Now stated on May 30, 2012 in campaign press statement:
Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."
By Janie Har• June 14, 2012
Salmon for All stated on August 01, 2012 in a guest column:
"This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River."
By Janie Har• August 9, 2012
Bloggers stated on April 01, 2016 in a post on Facebook:
An Alton, Ill., man caught a 736-pound Giant Mekong catfish in the Mississippi River.
By Emily Venezky• February 14, 2020
Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
By Sofia Ahmed• February 3, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “airplane crash with helicopter in Washington D.C.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2025
Sharlene Leurig stated on February 09, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop:
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
By Andra Lim• May 18, 2015
Cynthia Lummis stated on August 23, 2013 in a radio interview:
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
By Louis Jacobson• September 3, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner stated on July 24, 2011 in a discussion at a town hall meeting:
"One of the biggest polluters in our country is the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District."
By Tom Kertscher• August 3, 2011
Kirk Watson stated on December 31, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
By Sue Owen• January 15, 2013
Patti Doyle stated on March 02, 2011 in a radio interview:
At Twin River, "we're more than competitive" with nearby casinos in slot machine payouts.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 13, 2011
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025
Marco Rubio stated on January 13, 2015 in his book ‘American Dreams’:
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
By Joshua Gillin• January 12, 2015

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