Word: audubon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wind and water have all been hailed as cheap, renewable and benign alternatives to oil, coal and nuclear plants. Now comes a warning from a bastion of environmentalism, the National Audubon Society, that even ecologically favored, so-called solar sources of energy can have serious drawbacks...
...Russell Peterson, Audubon Society president, sums it up, "Even with solar energy, there's no such thing as a free lunch...
...Audubon Action...
...Mikva ruling survives, a lower federal court will face a difficult choice: whether to remove the tax benefits given to veterans' organizations or to extend them to all charitable groups that lobby. The latter possibility naturally appeals to many organizations. Says Hope Babcock, a lawyer for the National Audubon Society: "Anything that will increase our ability to lobby will be beneficial." But the appeals court majority worried that enhancing this ability "might open a Pandora's box of woes and abuse." The IRS recognizes 328,000 charitable groups whose voices are now muted. Erasing the rule would doubtless...
...White House on matters of substance, though not of style. In seeking to redress what he calls the "environmental extremist" bias of the past, he has alienated not only liberal environmentalist groups like the Sierra Club but such conservative organizations as the National Wildlife Federation and the National Audubon Society. Even the Los Angeles Times, which endorsed Reagan's candidacy and his pro-development policy, has called for Watt's resignation...