Word: conservationism
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THE scars of the Cultural Revolution are still visible in Nanking. The university, unlike those in Shanghai and Peking, is still not operating. But in the streets swarms of people, carts and children are building, hauling -and resolutely following the Maoist line. On the way to a commune on the...
Guild said yesterday that he supports a land-acquisition program for conservation purposes. His goal is to prevent roads, parking lots and other such constructions which destroy valuable land.
Sensible as the tax sounds, few people outside the Administration like it. Industrialists claim that there is no way to curb emissions of sulfur oxides at a reasonable cost. Conservation groups, on the other hand, argue that the proposed tax is too low to force industry to develop improved "scrubbers...
For ten years, appeals and positions from both sides have passed through various courts on the East Coast, with Con Ed providing testimony and the conservation groups providing countertestimony, and each side winning and losing court battles in alternating phases.
The most recent decision, handed down late last year by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, decided in Favor of the Federal Power Commission and Consolidated Edison. The petitioners--Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, the City of New York, the Sierra Club and its Atlantic Chapter. Wilderness...