N. Calif. ranks last in pollution charges SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Every year, the U.S. government sends people to prison for damaging the environment - but not in Northern California, with its stunning mountains, coastal bluffs and redwood forests. For years, federal prosecutors here have declined to file criminal charges in nearly every case. In fact, the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco, which is responsible for enforcing federal law from the redwood forests along the Oregon state line to the protected waters of Monterey Bay, ranks last in the country in prosecuting environmental crimes. The office has instead focused on drugs, immigration and white-collar crime, exasperating pollution cops. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557426146-b03>
