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Environmental

Feb. 20, 2013

Tussle over the future of development around Lake Tahoe spills into court

Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit claiming the agency charged with protecting Lake Tahoe has turned its back on its mission by pushing a plan that will increase development and worsen air and water pollution.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The desire to preserve Lake Tahoe's natural beauty has long been at odds with the pressure to build more housing, hotels and shops for the residents and hoards of visitors who flock to its shores. That conflict appeared to reach a boiling point recently when environmentalists sued the agency charged with protecting Lake Tahoe, claiming it has turned its back on its mission by pushing a plan that will increas...

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