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...bring some dramatic changes" to federal land management. "My heart is in the West," he said. "This is my land, and it will be managed with love and delicate concern." He pledged to move aggressively to inventory Western public lands that might have potential for oil, gas and coal exploration. He views his opponents as "environmental extremists-one of these special-interest groups [who would] deny the balanced management of resources for the benefit of consumers and for all of America." He acknowledged that this belief might cause some Senators to fight his appointment, but declared...
...harness solar, wind and geothermal energy are not expected to be commercially significant for at least another 20 years. A National Academy of Sciences study this year concluded that, without some more nuclear power in the next few decades, the U.S. will come to rely too heavily on coal, causing possible irreversible damage to the world's environment. Concludes George W. Cunningham, an Assistant Secretary of Energy: "We can survive without nuclear energy, but we cannot have a healthy, growing economy and an improved standard of living for those who need...
...second, and possibly more difficult hurdle will be convincing the public that nuclear plants can be safely used and turned off in emergencies. An electrical generating plant that is powered by coal, oil or natural gas can be stopped in minutes. But the process can be much more perilous at a nuclear facility. When malfunctions occur, the nuclear reaction that produces the energy cannot be shut down instantly; even afterward, heat and radioactivity remain. Three Mile Island demonstrated that control-room personnel are not always prepared to handle an emergency. In the past year the nuclear industry and the Government...
...yourself gas and coal...
Coors started by drilling 96 natural gas wells in eastern Colorado. Early next year it will begin strip-mining 1,500 acres of coal on land that it has been leasing for four years. This will replace 600,000 tons of coal that the company now buys annually on the open market. Last month, with an eye to profits, the beer company created Coors Energy, a subsidiary staffed with some former Exxon employees. The firm may soon become still more active in that field. Says William Coors: "If the energy business is better, we'll be pushing it ahead...