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...confrontation eased dramatically in May, when the sugar farmers, as part of an "environmental peace proposal," put their lawsuits on hold and agreed to pay for some of the cleanup costs. Perhaps it was the election of Clinton and Gore -- and the elevation of Browner to the EPA -- that changed their mind. Maybe they feared that they were losing the public relations battle and that their federal agricultural subsidies might be at risk. Or maybe they sincerely saw the need for compromise. Says Robert Buker Jr., a senior vice president at U.S. Sugar: "You can't shut down farming...
...election of Ronald Reagan, abruptly interrupted these American efforts. The EPA was taken over by a pro-business team that did not like regulations and distrusted international agreements. Anne Burford, who headed the EPA in the early 1980s, regarded ozone depletion as an unsubstantiated scare story. Many demoralized professionals resigned, leaving the agency with few people who had any background on the issue...
...away from a plan to help preserve vast stretches of public land in Western states by raising fees and tightening rules for ranchers, miners and loggers who use federal resources. It even cut the proposed budget for the Environmental Protection Agency below what was requested by the previous Administration. "EPA would have been better off if Bush had been re- elected!" said a chagrined Ralph De Gennaro, senior budget analyst for Friends of the Earth...
According to the EPA, these warnings are commonly sent out whenever city water exceeds standard levels...
Another perennial problem in the water supplies is high sodium content. Cambridge water repeatedly has more sodium than EPA guidelines recommend. Barnes says the sodium level is not harmful, and the EPA says its "guidelines" are only advisory, and do not have the force...