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...Charles River Watershed Association, Boston's Committee on Regional Transportation (CRT) and the Sierra Club have all decided to bring suit against various state agencies to ensure that the plans for the $5 billion Central Artery Project are enviornmentally sound and that the state's approval process is monitored properly...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Citizen Groups to Sue State | 3/22/1991 | See Source »

Such sentiments are increasingly common in California. From the rich farmlands that yield half the nation's fruits and vegetables to the usually snow-drenched Sierra Nevadas to the lush gardens of Bel Air, Californians are grappling with the state's worst-ever drought, now entering its fifth year. Farmers, who contribute $17.6 billion to California's $735 billion-a-year economy, last week absorbed a double blow. The state Department of Water Resources, which normally supplies water to major farming areas in the fecund San Joaquin Valley, suspended all agricultural deliveries of the water it controls. Meanwhile the Federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Rain, No Gain | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...drilling since it was established in 1960. Environmental groups, fearing irreversible damage to the ecosystem, are promising to fight that proposal with an all-out campaign that could turn into this year's version of the bitter Robert Bork confirmation battle. "We'll fight to the end," says Sierra Club spokesman Marty Hayden. "There's no compromise on ANWR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Energy Mess | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Last Saturday they buried Thom Jenkins beneath the soaring pines of California's Sierra Nevada. As silence again envelops Dudley Cemetery, echoes of a U.S. Navy chaplain's words linger: "Thomas Allen Jenkins, your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Your courage stands as a beacon of liberty. You exemplify the U.S. Marine Corps motto, 'Semper Fidelis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home Front: War's Real Cost | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Private citizens and members of groups ranging from the Sierra Club to the Boston Transportation Department began to air the opinions and discuss the issues which they must eventually meld into a program of action for the state...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Central Artery Citizens' Committee Meets | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

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