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Wetlands Banking Comes to PA – No, It’s Not a Savings & Loan | Marcellus Drilling News
At some time in the past 25 years, radical environmentalists succeeded in renaming swamps to "wetlands," thereby re-casting the debate over whether it's OK to build something on, in or under them. In other words, environmentalists made it really hard to drain a swamp, giving rise to things like mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus.