Walters: Environmental Policy Needn't Cost Jobs

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Journal Record Staff Reporter

It's not a "given" that economic development has to erode the environment, Gov. David Walters told the audience Wednesday at the Governor's Water Conference at the Marriott Hotel.

During his remarks, Walters also said he was proud of the progress the state has made in water development over the past 20 years, compared with other states and with other countries.

"Environmental policy need not cost us jobs," he said. "I think it's clear to say it is good for us."

Walters described how, on a trip to Moscow, the airplane he was riding in began to descend through an overcast sky, which really was a polluted sky. The …