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Bush tours Boston Harbor

Description: George Bush tours Boston Harbor, purporting to be guardian of the environment, and criticizes Dukakis' lack of early attention to the polluted conditions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/01/1988

Chelmsford condo fighter

Description: 12 year-old naturalist from Chelmsford protests proposed site of condo development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/14/1988

Contaminated seafood from harbor

Description: EPA issues findings on contaminated seafood from Boston Harbor and Quincy Bay. Diseased fish and shellfish include clams, lobsters, flounder with viruses, tumors and PCBs. Rep. Brian Donnelly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/20/1988

Cumberland Farms and wetlands

Description: Cumberland Farms violated wetlands protection law by draining & filling Great Cedar Swamp on its property. EPA ordered restoration, fines. Michael Deland. Aerial of Middleboro,Halifax,Plymouth County
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/28/1988

Diseased fish from Quincy Bay

Description: In Quincy Bay, EPA finds flounder with cancerous tumors and lobsters with PCBs in their livers. Water life is contaminated by sewage pumped from Nut Island treatment plant. Men fishing from shore.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/17/1988

Dukakis and Georges Bank

Description: Review of Michael Dukakis' policy on offshore oil drilling on Georges Bank. Press conference on tugboat to reiterate his opposition…and affirm his commitment to environmental issues. Gerry Studds
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/16/1988

Dukakis on Georges Bank drilling

Description: Rep. Gerry Studds and Douglas Foy of Conservation Law Foundation with Michael Dukakis at Fish Pier press conference on Georges Bank drilling. Dukakis will put up tough fight to prevent interference with the natural environment; opposes lease sales for offshore gas and oil drilling. Also comments on state budget versus revenue projections.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/16/1988

Endangered species

Description: Audubon Society says Mass. is in an ecological crisis caused by development encroaching on natural habitats. They want to preserve wetlands to protect endangered species. Photos of rare turtles.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/11/1988

Envirolab & harbor pollution

Description: Reps. Susan Tucker and Mary Jeanette Murray take MWRA tour of Boston Harbor on Envirolab boat that measures pollution and examines marine life.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1988

Environmental activists blame Reagan

Description: Environmental activists gather to denounce Reagan administration's record on handling toxic wastes and to mourn virtual disintegration of the EPA. Michael Deland.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1988