The Berkshire Eagle just reported that the Environmental Protection Agency now seeks to settle its long dispute with the General Electric Co. over Housatonic River pollution, just months after ordering GE to embark on a $613 million cleanup.  In a move that caught Berkshire environmentalists by surprise, and that stems from new leadership atop the EPA, the agency will ask to postpone a Washington hearing on its cleanup order.  Instead, it seeks to reopen talks with the company. That development raised red flags for Berkshires environmentalists. Full Article