Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
My problem with all of this is: Pittsburgh decides to dump raw sewage into the Ohio River as then used to do. It then goes downstream to pollute the water of Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. What's the solution? The states can't make Pgh stop. Since Pgh is upstream so it can't be stopped.

This is a bizarre example and I meant it to be. If the federal government can't apply rules what happens? Who would have ended the non-clean burning of coal that made that city such a hazard?
That is what the federal courts are for.