Friday, March 24, 2006

Our Opinion: Border pollution

Tucson Citizen

A federal grant to the University of Arizona to study the border environment is a badly needed initiative.

The $1.7 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will pay for a center to help study and clean pollution along the border.

That makes eminent sense. Borders are a unique part of the environment where ecosystems often are overlooked. Fences and other barriers are designed to deter people, but pollution crosses back and forth largely unchecked.

The grant will help develop equal environmental expertise on both sides of the border. And that is needed.