"Lookin' for a pot of gold," the narrator in one of Creedence Clearwater Revival's lesser-known 1960s songs ends up "stuck in Lodi again." As Times reporter Lee Romney relates, that California municipality is itself now stuck in a huge legal, financial and environmental mess, stemming from a failed plan to borrow millions of dollars that would pay for lawsuits that city officials were persuaded would clean up a major groundwater pollution problem at no ultimate cost to the city. The article might seem to have limited relevance beyond California, but Romney's account is a skillfully written example of how to explain a complex, multidimensional environmental issue in an engaging way.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-lodi19jul19,1,7612806.story?coll=la-news-environment