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<br />range(] oy tile U.S. Envl.O'
<br />talfrotection Agency,
<br />reviOUsly I1ad proposed a
<br />plan that neither the en.
<br />'ntalists nor the POwer
<br />,found tolerable.
<br />Lamage appears to ha\'e
<br />lahealthybaby-anew
<br />twill create cleaner air
<br />r dollars than the EPA's
<br />'Oposal.
<br />PA's original plan would
<br />ueed air pollution by on.
<br />'Cent and would have re-
<br />le power plant to spend
<br />llion annually to install
<br />nt pollution.contro]
<br />11. Under the new plan,
<br />Ie EPA still must ap-
<br />e power plant will ha\'e
<br />emissions by 90 percent.
<br />have to install as many
<br />'scrubbers."sothelotOlI
<br />he cleanup will be only
<br />)n a year.
<br />rcement won't clean the
<br />rtbeGrand CanyonalKl
<br />ng national pla)'grouods
<br />lurn of the 21st century.
<br />a quicker improvement
<br />lid have been aCCorn-
<br />the environmentalists
<br />lOwer company contino
<br />lbeirendlesslawsuits.
<br />'A still must [ind solu.
<br />gionalhazeand visibili.
<br />ms affecting national
<br />IUlerpartJof tbecoun-
<br />~ once-great vlslas have
<br />n tbe smog. But the re-
<br />~ment Is $0 reasonable
<br />:ht to serve as a model
<br />cleanup proposals.
<br />elfeet. a grand plan for
<br />Canyon.
<br />
<br />le deal
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<br />~nL.t covering these is-
<br />le sho\'ed olf to tbeside
<br />with later. They musl
<br />letableslmultaneously
<br />ldet.)lks.
<br />lvironm('ntal negolia.
<br />:esullintwofundamen.
<br />es. One IS that the Mex.
<br />ment must enlorce the
<br />lten.ilKlustrybrazenly
<br />isting environmental
<br />- knowing that the
<br />and their underlings
<br />:.111 them into account,
<br />lexicoe\'entua!Jvmust
<br />,wn pollutlOn.control
<br />ptothelevelofthost'
<br />industl')' in the Vnited
<br />Canada. This Change
<br />~compJished in stages
<br />>d 01 years. Factories
<br />lbe sLandards were in
<br />.hould be required to
<br />ew pollution.control
<br />It manufacturers III
<br />the U.S. kno..... Ihev
<br />'ill have to ins!.illl the
<br />on equipment regard.
<br />l thn' build their fac-
<br />will'be less IIkelv to
<br />s'han'ossoutho{the
<br />
<br />('IICO is willing to
<br />se Iwo basic prinei.
<br />;sksleltingtheenvi.
<br />Jestions destro\' an\'
<br />U.S. Senate wfll ap.
<br />rrt't'-tradepact.
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<br />READERS FORUM
<br />Development, water issues clash in wilderness debate
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<br />Colorado SenatOI1l Tim Witth, a Demo- the presidential "alver provision 01 the The Colorado Environmental Coalition is,,1
<br />crat, and Hank Brown. I Republlun, UU WlIdtmtla Act Which would have al- a grassrool.!l Colorado organi%ation I'f'pre.'"J
<br />have dOllE' what no one elK has been able lo....ed luture W,lter f,lCilltiesln thew ....il. senting tholJSands of indIviduals and 370','
<br />to do Since 1980 - get Ule U,S. Seutt to derness artu. No otber st,lle has aCC'Qm- other Colorado envirvnmenlal groups. Wi!
<br />paS:! a Colorado Wilderness Bill. :0;0.... It's plisbed this.. oppose the biU alld we oppose it vigorollll....
<br />Rep_ Ben C,lmpbeU's turn to J>>I" the SQ why do the naUon.a1 f1IYiTonmentaJ Iy. We IIgned a letter to all 100 U_S. Jella,~j
<br />Wirth/Browo blll througb tilt V.s. HoUl(' iJ'OUpI J.n:s:m 00 lederal waler rigbts pre- ton slat.ing our objections to the Browo;,,~~
<br />of Represc.'nlativel so that 6t7.nO ac~ emption in .reu ....Ilere the pristine envi_ Wirth bill. And we will ;uk the HOUJe 0(
<br />of pristine Colorado la.nd.s can be desi.g- roament surely will be thrtaletlt'd U the Representatlvt1lto do what il has repeat. .j
<br />Dlteduwilderness.includinglargepor. land Is not locked up by IItUdernessdesij:. edlydoneelsewilere: to protect not only...
<br />tiORll of the Sangn> de Cristo Range. nation? App.arently, they ea~ more about wilderlle$S bul wilderness waler. . ~
<br />But the Wildemeu 5<x:lety, the Sierra the principle of federal control 01 state The Brown.Wlrth blll "'ill 001, desplle'~!
<br />Club ,lnd olher nation,ll en~lronmental water-law systt'JJ'lllhan they do about pre- what Ule senators say. do tbal job. That....~
<br />groupll~ trying 10 kill the Colorado ....U. serving wilderness al'UJ III Colorado. This ollr primary obJ<<tion_ But we also op- ~~
<br />dl.'rnesslegisl,ltion.:lnddiscreditSenaton explains why they I~ willlng to drag a poiII.! tbehiU beoc.:lW<e of tile precedt!nt It.o;
<br />Wirth aod Bro...-n and Congressman Colorado Wildl.'1"DtlII Act down to dtfeat wOIIld set for the ellllre NatiOllilI Wildero('.l
<br />Campbell Why? over a neoedless fli'ldt'ral/state water rlghtll neM PreservaUlln System. We know au..
<br />Darrell Knutfke's letter of Aug. 3 on baltle U they don't get tbeir way. weU as ,lnyone that the prottctlo.o Colora~
<br />bebalfof t!leWllderness Soclety-.:aysthal It..goodthatwebavel.....denlllteSen- do'lwildernessrect'iv....IslJ.a.sedllpon!.be'
<br />"the thr~ Colorado members lottnd to aton Wirth and Brown and Congn'llSm,ln strtngtb of the national wllderneu SYI.,':'"l
<br />glwe a",lY a ....ater rigbt the American Campbtllto point out that wUdemtla be- tern of which ilia a J>>IrL J~
<br />people areenUtled to." Winh.ln J>>Ir1./(:u- lonp to all the people, oottbeifOUplwbo Colorldo conserntlonlst.s mike up~}-
<br />lar, Is Singled oUl for IlCOrn. ~at yelr bIa have made wllderntlq a slngle-Iuue their OWIl mInda lbout pubUc:: 1aDd.i luuQ
<br />wilderneu blll would ba~e pre-empled Ill"enda lor ruling the WeilL, In thb state. And we've made up our own
<br />COlorado law and required the United GREG HOBBS, prtndpal COtiD5el minds Ibout the Bro....Il-Wlrth bill. We~'
<br />SI,lte.!l Forest Service to InlUate Utig.t1on Northern Colorldo Wlter don't need "bl<< ellvlrollmental grOllp;l" t()...~
<br />to claim federal water rlgbta for Large Conaen-ancy District, Denver tell us that tlus 1.1 a had bUl It dlscatll.O'~
<br />portions of Colorado's Wt'5terJ1 slope. This 000 vallUble wUdtrnes.s artu that cry out fot
<br />year', bill doesn't requl~ expensive Ilw, Your Aug. 7 editorial (Save nur wilder- protection. ltiI water language is a spef'
<br />suits; it slmply baos any new COlUlnJction 1ll'9)IJarul"blue-Ught.ptcilIl"oller. ci.al.lnterestwatergrab_We'vewailed.'l<
<br />of,...terl,lcilitiesinthenewwilderneas ror.biuandimbala~leall'tbeglnlo yearslora"'Jldernessblll_toolong.w
<br />areas. rtspondto all the m15repl'tl>entatiOlll you lC"ttptallt'COlld'claMdesi,nalion ._:.::"
<br />:-;0 new ",at('r faelht,es. no disruption ",Iy on lor your, ullCtilkal ,sales job of ~ DA." CHIRAS, f'rl'$,d..nt
<br />ollhe sIal" "'al~.-I",.... ~\"I"m' lluo. ta u... Brown.Wirth ....lld<<ness bill. But the", is Colgrado Envllvnmental Caalllion
<br />,"'.COlIlJlromiwl,wlrtba...rBro....It~l~t~"..\elJ~~~~,-""'Il".Den\l..~
<br />servt, CoJondo.. Inter....l.nd.lso Ibe yOllTdalmllult-Only~n:aIlOiii}~.--,,-.... '000".,\ I --."r~
<br />D.ilUOIl', inll'resl. It doesn't serve !be In- mental ifO\lpl oppose the bW la IKlJIIellSt. I am a member of. "bl<< envtronmen.....
<br />teresll 01 the national environmental t.al group" and a Color,ldan from the..ll
<br />groups iflheir,llmis federal COfltrol over WesternSlope,anare,lpr(lpcrlyrroow!'d'
<br />Ihe rh'en or the We~t in order to stop lor I coDlervative outlOOk in rl!'ll'ard 10<1"1
<br />growth ....hich stat.. and lnc.l communi. water 111S1Ie!I- Velour local group IlItrn.:
<br />1It"S mighl oth..rwisc ci'loo$t. If a wUder- ben, dr.....n from four Wt1ltern Slope,=,
<br />llt'SSan:oahasafl'<leralreservedwater eounties. an:o largely in opposition 10 lht!l,-:,
<br />righl and the wJlderlleSS Ire,lls deslgn.al. Wirth-Brown Wilderness compronnse. .:'1.
<br />ed at the Colorado/Utah Slale line. for Anyone who ha, spenl mo", than .lerr
<br />e....mplt. the wIlderne&.!l water right houn In the Colorldo back country l!ll
<br />would exert an upstrum "call" for all IlC1l1ely.wat('thatripartanatNs,ln:oth&.."':
<br />the river waler in Prlorlly, shulting out beartof the life,lnd wUdnetStltat thrive"'::
<br />any future upstream use there. This IJ true 01 thebigllcollnlryar-ri"
<br />Tilt, Wlrth;Brown bIll doesn.t cootain eu currently undtr CORllider,l!ion. bul. ~,
<br />,lny state line wilderlll.'!l$ designation. doubly iKIlor the B1..'d landJ soon to 00:-'1
<br />Ralher, Ilk" Ule esi!lling 21 million acrel proJl9Sed as wllderlleD. C1e,lrly. if p.ils~,.1'
<br />of Colorado land that It.iwe beoen desJgnat. sed, the .....lrtb.Browll wilderness water>
<br />ed a.s wilderllf'U Since 1984, the DeW acre- compromise will be ~ by de~elopmenl.)-~
<br />.geJsmostly,lttbthe,ld....atenofriven interest. to strip thf'Se laads 01 thelu.'
<br />,lnd stre,lms, where federal ICCess ap- scarcl.'llt bllt mosl precious resource. .. Ill"
<br />provalmllStbeobtainl'<lloenterandcon- WLldertle$ldrainedofitsnaturalw,ltelr...
<br />StTllcl an>1.hing :O;O~ ol the euning 24 supply II no lODger wildemesa_ Whal yo~
<br />Color,ldo ...-liderlleSll areu bas a federal refer to as an "irrelevant Wller-rlghts't':"
<br />res.on'edw,ltertlght.andalloft~wjl. dispute'. is a slnJggle touve the lIear_
<br />dcmeu are,lS aredolllg Just fLne wllbout and soul 01 wilderness. .:.lJ..
<br />one. But. as an ellra measure 01 protec- \\lLUMd J. SCJIAPLE"', membt"T.=~
<br />lion. Senaton WLrtb and Broll-n. ill the UilCOfflJ>>liPlre Groop. Sierra C1ub1t"'
<br />ne.. Colorado 1I'lldernes" bill, overnde Grand Junctielp,
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<br />Panial ",fund for canceled show is ridiculous
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<br />Don"t let Alzheimer's wiw.
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<br />I wasb.ippy tole(! an article IlII Alwh4'.
<br />mer', disease In Slitlda}'., Conlemporary_
<br />r'A 1Oll'.Itory." by SI..pben Gascoy~~ k;.
<br />w.. $lIddened,lt his conclusion: ~~
<br />"Tilt .pmt 01 the man woo was OI\C1!'
<br />myfatberbno....de,ld...lpraytb.iit..;.l;.
<br />btwW not 100gCOlltinlltti'usbollow pre-
<br />c.en.atlife." -C.
<br />Hisspint laali~eand IIttll. S!.t!Yr.ltb"
<br />nnl.I""_""""~;...","., , ,
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<br />I am wnting this letterlll~gal"dtoll
<br />COll<<"rt to whicb I rect'lltly purchased
<br />lld"l!I_ It W.:ill ,11 comedy show s\,lrnng
<br />Dennis Miller and HO"-lf' Mandel at Fid-
<br />dler'sGr~n
<br />The show ....as Clroceled, 50 I returned
<br />10 the Gar1 Brothers store in Fort Collins
<br />wbe",1 ltad P'Jrd>ast'd Ihe tickets, Ind I
<br />W,lS told lh.at a lull refund Would be made
<br />.Iwall"bl.,
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<br />tJung more IluIn that. 10 I aslted to speak
<br />toher,upervtsorIwuconnectedwltha
<br />"fentlem..iIl"~Todd_llSkedfora
<br />~asonthal~tlabolJldbeCbarll"fd
<br />for lllilow thai neverb"lppened. Hellid
<br />Tieltetmuter tl.id performed its se~
<br />of prinUng the ticket, and that if J bad a
<br />problemJd>>uIdLlkeltuplltlthFlddler',
<br />Green. Althist.une, bebun,uptbephcNle
<br />.ilboullOmucbasa<<Oodb....
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