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...Blumer of Woods Hole (Mass.) Oceanographic Institution told the conference that "major catastrophes in production and at sea, unburned fuel, spent lubricants, and a significant hydrocarbon contribution from the land [municipal wastes] contribute about 10 million tons of oil to the world's oceans each year." According to Blumer, the immediate effects of oil spills-dead fish and birds-are followed by long-term damage to marine ecology. "Compared to the size of the accidents," he said grimly, "the present countermeasures against oil in the oceans are inadequate...
Rebuffed by Congress in his attempts to hike taxes on leaded gasoline. President Nixon last week issued an executive order that all federally owned vehicles must use no-lead or low-lead gas. His theory is excellent; such fuels reduce hydrocarbon emissions polluting the air by as much as 20%. But in effect, Washington was merely setting a good example. The Federal Government's 600,000 cars burn only one-half of 1% of the nation's yearly consumption of 85 billion gallons of gas-and 276,000 of those official cars have high-compression engines that cannot...
...under sharp attack by three conservationist groups-the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation and CLEAN (Committee for Leaving the Environment of America Natural). The Department's program calls for discharging 450 million pounds of a bait containing 1,350,000 lbs. of Mirex-a powerful chlorinated hydrocarbon-on 150 million acres of land in nine Southern states. In a suit filed in U.S. district court in Washington, D.C., "on behalf of all citizens of the United States concerned with protecting the environment," the conservationists seek to enjoin the ambitious twelve-year project on the grounds that...
This year, a B and G contractor sprayed 90 gallons of methoxychlor, a chlorinated hydrocarbon that does not accumulate in the natural food chain as its close relative, DDT, does...
Onek 1970 cars, as equipped for California use, reduced hydrocarbon emissions by 80 per cent. But this figure is based on tests made on finely tuned cars which were just off the assembly line...