Description: Denny Alsop crusades to protect the state's watersheds by walking the reservoirs from Quabbin east. Flowing river. Public water supply sign.
Description: Public health commissioner Bailus Walker talks about cleaning up Boston Harbor and the risk of contamination from sludge and toxic effluents. MWRA meeting chaired by secretary of environmental affairs James Hoyte. They discuss options for waste water treatment plants. Attendees drink coffee from Dunkin' Donuts cups.
Description: Water Resources Authority uses appeals to carry out Boston Harbor cleanup in a slower, cheaper fashion. EPA regional administrator Michael Deland.
Description: William Bulger beseeches environment activists to "file a revenue raising measure" to protect their causes. Gerard Bertrand, Daniel Greenbaum. Earth Day.
Description: George Bush tours Boston Harbor, purporting to be guardian of the environment, and criticizes Dukakis' lack of early attention to the polluted conditions.
Description: Silber and Bellotti oppose secondary treatment plant for harbor cleanup. Julie Belaga explains it is mandated by Clean Water Act. Murphy wants more federal support to alleviate burden on ratepayers.
Description: Public works commissioner Jane Garvey proposes to dump Central Artery dirt on Spectacle Island. EPA's Julie Belaga says that violates Clean Water Act. Suburban landfills are possible alternative.
Description: State proposes to add dirt from Central Artery project to Spectacle Island landfill. EPA opposes dumping in harbor. Julie Belaga, Jane Garvey. Moving shot of Boston harbor with hazy skyline. Bulldozer