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...Administration has also announced that it hopes to enhance American mineral production by opening up huge tracts of government lands for exploitation. In light of the relaxed strip mining regulations sought by President Reagan, Interior Secretary James G. Watt and the other members of the Rape America Today coalition, these developments have placed America's natural heritage in danger unseen since the days of the Dust Bowl...
Caught off guard, environmentalists at first welcomed the plan as a peace overture from the embattled Secretary. But their approval turned to dismay when they examined the fine print. Said John McComb, director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Sierra Club: "To say that we were deceived by Watt's proposal would be an understatement. This is one of the worst things that has happened to the environment since Watt himself...
Environmentalists pointed out that while present law technically permits resource development of federal wilderness, little has occurred, in part because of an arduous permit process. The law, moreover, bans development altogether after 1983. Watt's proposal would expose the wilderness to full commercial development after 18 years; reduce congressional control over the designation of wilderness areas; and grant oil and mining companies immediate access to wilderness areas to conduct potentially environment-disturbing probes. The environmentalists were especially exercised over a provision that would permit "sampling conducted by helicopter" and "seismic surveys." The proposal, concluded the Wilderness Society...
...Watt's olive branch got him nowhere last week with the environmentalists, he appeared to have lost even more ground with his congressional critics. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, voting along partisan lines, recommended that the full House cite him for contempt of Congress for refusing to provide eleven Government documents concerning possible Canadian discrimination against U.S. investors that Watt claims are protected by Executive privilege. If the full House approves the contempt citation, and Watt is found guilty in a criminal trial, he could face a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Meanwhile, the General...
...Gulf of Oman commanding the approaches to the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The mysterious new tower that had been spotted near the town turned out to be no Soviet listening post. What had been mistaken for a spy installation was, in fact, a powerful 1,200-kilo-watt radio transmitter set up by the Iranian government to foment Islamic revolution abroad. Broadcasting in a dozen languages, the transmitter has been beaming subversive broadcasts to the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Africa...