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...recent clean-air proposal was a textbook case of multiple advocacy. With Bush's campaign promise to reduce acid rain and toxic waste as guidance, Porter assembled five Administration officials: Energy Secretary James Watkins, EPA Administrator William Reilly, Assistant EPA Administrator William Rosenberg, Associate Budget Director Robert Grady and White House Counsel Boyden Gray. They met 16 times during the spring, and on other occasions with lawmakers, industry officials and environmentalists. Gradually they fashioned a package they thought all parties could support...
...months under the hot Imperial Valley sun before it is burned at 1500 degrees F to power the plant's steam turbines. Not one to waste a thing, Parish, 36, eventually hopes to sell the ash left over from the process for possible use in road building or absorbing toxic wastes. Although Mesquite Lake has not yet shown a profit, Parish is already planning a second alternative-energy plant -- to burn crop wastes. "Waste," he observes, "is a substance waiting for recognition...
Skirmishing over the clean-air proposals was inevitable. From the start, it was clear that the White House's plan for cutting urban smog and toxic pollutants was far more lenient toward industry than was Bush's widely praised proposal for reducing acid rain. The clean-air plan consisted only of general goals, not detailed provisions that either environmentalists or industry could bank on. As a result, both sides furiously lobbied the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget as top officials drafted the huge bill. On one day last week one OMB official alone logged...
...uncanny string of spills. In Narragansett Bay, where the Greek tanker World Prodigy struck a reef and spewed 420,000 gals. of No. 2 fuel oil, most of the residue had evaporated or was rounded up by week's end. While the fuel may have long-term toxic effects on some marine life, fishermen were able to harvest shellfish for the first time since the accident. After an initial investigation, the ship's captain, Iakovos Georgudis, was charged with one misdemeanor count of discharging pollutants in violation of the Clean Water Act and another misdemeanor count of discharging refuse. (Maximum...
...spread over the vast Prince William Sound, a boat towing a skimmer needed fully 14 hours to clear one narrow swath across the 35-mile-wide bay. The chemical dispersants often used in oil cleanups have problems too. They cannot function in calm water, and because they are toxic, they can seriously damage fish and wildlife...