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...perhaps his most egregious lapse from the party line, Silber opposese just about every environmental initiative that has been proposed for the state. He opposes secondary treatment for the cleanup of Boston Harbor and has called stricter state auto emissions standards an unfair burden on Massachusetts. He opposes the Massachusetts Recycling Initiative, which would require all packaging in the state to be recycled or recyclable...
...Supported Massachusetts Recycling Initiative, which would require all packaging in state to be recycled or recycleable by 1996. Supports Watershed Protection Bill, designed to protect Wachusett, Quabbin and Ware watersheds. As a U.S. attorney, established an environmental enforcement team and initiated lawsuits to force cleanup of Boston and New Bedford Harbors. Pledges no further wetlands loss...
Everything about the Exxon Valdez oil spill was expensive, but last week it produced a few bargains. At an auction in Anchorage to sell off surplus equipment that Exxon used in cleanup operations, buyers bid on acres of items ranging from animal shampoo to mobile homes to microwave ovens. Four 18-ft. boats sold for $3,750. Other items were less than a steal: four used TV sets sold for a total of $2,000. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers International, a Vancouver, B.C., firm that bought the surplus gear from Exxon, collected $3.8 million on the first day of the four...
...months since the Exxon Valdez spewed 11 million gal. of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, controversy has dogged the cleanup efforts. The debate continued last week, as Exxon ended a second summer of mopping up and declared the cleanup over unless its survey next spring proves a need for more. The tab so far: $2 billion plus. Alaskan officials were not quite so upbeat. Insisting that "substantial oil remains," outgoing Governor Steve Cowper said, "We can't take a walk and let Mother Nature finish...
...Coast Guard, which has been the federal watchdog on the cleanup, has largely agreed with Exxon. The state says it will continue its own cleanup efforts and press for Exxon to return to the task. By spring, however, winter storms may have completed the job, according to experts...