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...more intriguing question than who was to blame for Christ's death is what relevance it has for us today. To answer this, people would do well to read the Book before they see the movie. PETER D. LEAVITT LaGrange...
...more intriguing question than who is to blame for Christ's death is what relevance it has for us today. To answer this, people would do well to read the Book before they see the movie. Peter D. Leavitt LaGrange...
Democrats will also dissect Leavitt's own environmental record during his 10 years as Governor. Data in an unreleased EPA report show that under Leavitt, Utah had a high proportion of polluters emitting at unacceptable levels. Between 1999 and 2001, 30% of Utah facilities with federal licenses to release a specified amount of waste into waterways exceeded those limits. The national average was about 25% in 2001. Others fared even worse in the February report, but it's a problem for Leavitt, his critics say, since he hopes to move power away from the EPA and toward states...
...Leavitt's supporters claim that the report data are unreliable. Because Utah has only 33 of what the EPA calls "major" polluters (vs. 382 for Pennsylvania), improvement in a small number of facilities since 2001 has sharply shifted percentages. "We've got the problem in our cross hairs," says Walter Baker of the Utah division of water quality...
...Though Leavitt himself is in the cross hairs of environmentalists, he will probably be confirmed. One or more Democratic Senators may try to put a hold on his nomination, but that could be effectively broken by 60 votes. Leavitt, says a Senate staff member, should easily garner that much support. --By Eric Roston and Matthew Cooper