Word: conservationists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ENVIRONMENT. A dedicated conservationist, Carter advocates stricter controls on strip mining and nuclear power plants, as well as on air and water pollution. He has promised to speak out against new industrial developments if they significantly damage the environment. Sample: "If there is ever a conflict, I will go for beauty, clean air, water and landscape." Trouble is, Carter's fervor on these points will conflict in part with his goal of developing U.S. energy sources, and he will have to make some tough choices...
...seen such a tumult over timbering since the great conservationist Gifford Pinchot took on bureaucrats and lumber barons at the turn of the century. On one side are the U.S. Forest Service and the $57 billion-a-year wood-products industry. Opposing them is a coalition of environmental groups. At stake: how the nation's 183 million acres of federally owned forest should be managed-including how much timber should be taken out of them...
...Approaching 40, he may currently be the world's ranking movie star. He, his wife Lola and their three children jet back and forth between their Fifth Avenue apartment and their retreat outside Provo, Utah, near the ski resort he owns and where he revels in his role as conservationist and spokesman for various good causes...
Among those Harvard students who voted yesterday, Udall appeared to be the leader. "I like his conservationist policies in tightening belts and consuming less. He's the most honest candidate," said Libby Lyons...
Regarding your latest portrayal of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme [Nov. 10]: Do her conservationist beliefs apply to human beings or must one be a tree or an animal to qualify...