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...must take out environmental extremists," said Alexander, adding that many federal environmental protection programs, such as the Superfund, have resulted in "more money going to lawyers and less to preservation...
...sweatshop work. If it doesn't raise too many nasty allusions to slavery, we'll pay $2.50 an hour for small Black children that we can wrap our feet in when we're sick or to keep us warm at night. And after we're done gutting the Superfund program, we'll pay $10 per day for toxic waste site cleanup. No, we won't offer medical insurance, but then again, after we decimate urban social services, you probably won't be able to find a hospital in your neighborhood anyway...
...construction, primarily on environmental grounds. One such suit claims that the 1,700 pilings supporting the edifice, which has a rooftop terrace and spiral parking ramps at each end, will cause groundwater contamination. Terrace opponents have also asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to add the site to the Superfund's list of ecological trouble spots because toxins are buried in the landfill on which the convention center will be situated...
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...election is pretty much what it was in 1992: that voters want change in the way business is done in Washington. Clinton has told his top advisers that he will seek Republican votes on welfare reform, a bill designed to overhaul telecommunications regulations, a reauthorization of the Superfund toxic-waste-treatment program, as well as a clean-water measure. The agenda represents a move to the middle, which aides say is deliberate and unavoidable. Said a White House official: "No matter what the results are, it is absolutely essential for us to work with Congress in a bipartisan...