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
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
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
Description: Michael Dukakis, James Hoyte, Paul Levy, Ray Flynn, Michael Deland mark official start of Boston Harbor cleanup. Dukakis shovels inaugural dirt at Deer Island groundbreaking and rides on bow of Metro Police boat.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/10/1988
Description: Lawsuit against state for failure to clean up harbor pollution is closed because of good faith plans to improve sewage treatment. MWRA. James Hoyte, Paul Levy, Michael Deland.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1988
Description: History of Boston Harbor cleanup. Deer Island sewage treatment plant. Dead fish, clam flats, flushing toilet, rinsing paint brush, oily surface of water. Paul Levy, William Golden. Harbor on clear day with skyline and with dramatic clouds at sunset.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/18/1988
Description: Successful high tech sewage treatment plant in Milford is a model for Boston harbor cleanup. Rep. Joseph Connolly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/14/1988
Description: Paul Levy of MWRA explains wasteful water usage is draining Quabbin Reservoir; urges conservation to safeguard harbor cleanup effort. Leaking pipes, toilet bowl draining after flush, drinking from fountain.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/09/1988