The government is starting a different kind of most-wanted list — for environmental fugitives accused of assaulting nature.
The EPA unveiled its most-wanted list Wednesday with information about 23 fugitives as well as two who have been captured this year.
These fugitives allegedly smuggled chemicals that eat away the Earth's protective ozone layer, dumped hazardous waste into oceans and rivers and trafficked in polluting cars.
And now the government wants help in tracking them down.
In its own version of the FBI most-wanted list, and the first to focus on environmental crimes, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday unveiled a roster of 23 fugitives, complete with mug shots and descriptions of the charges on its Web site at http://www.epa.gov/fugitives.
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