Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dershowitz said the running dispute hasn't tarnished his squeaky-clean public image, adding, "prominent lawyers have all been on my side...
When Exxon reckoned in July that it would spend nearly $1.3 billion to clean up its Alaskan oil spill, liability lawyers knew that was just the beginning. In Anchorage last week the state of Alaska filed a civil suit against the petroleum giant and the owners of the trans-Alaska pipeline, seeking unspecified damages that could total billions of dollars. Alaska charges the oil companies with deceiving the public about the safety of the shipping operation and with incompetence in the cleanup...
...arrival of the new gasoline was well timed. Hours after EC-1's debut, the California Air Resources Board unanimously approved a sweeping 20-year plan to clean up Southern California's atmosphere. President Bush put additional pressure on oil companies in June, when he unveiled an antipollution proposal that included a switch to cleaner automotive fuels, including natural gas and methanol, in smog-choked parts of the country...
...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...
...forth, takes copious notes on White House pads and often asks lower-level officials for their views. "He doesn't want filters," said a participant. "He actually wants to sit there at the table and listen to Darman fight with Reilly." Darman argued in one meeting that the clean-air proposals were too expensive for the health and safety benefits gained. "For the same amount of money," the Budget Director said, "we can buy everyone in America rubber- soled shoes, because the chance of being killed by toxic gases is about the same as being killed by lightning." Bush...