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
Description: Environmentalists are concerned about potential pollution from stacks which will vent exhaust of depressed Central Artery traffic. Many views of elevated highway. Route 93 sign.
Description: Charles River Watershed Assn. fights to upgrade quality of water for swimming by reducing sewage overflow. Sewer drain cover in road. People canoe, row + sail on Charles. Sound of water lapping stones.
Description: Interview with Rita of Charles River Watershed Association on development and history of Charles River. Talks about industrial discharge and cleanup, land use along banks, sewage, condition of fish life and vegetation.
Description: Interview with vice president of Society for Commercial Archeology, Arthur Krim, on significance of Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. Its neon display was shut off by the state as an energy conservation measure. Close-up of the sign. They shoot cutaways. Several takes of reporter standup. Kenmore Square environs.
Description: On Long Wharf, Michael Dukakis announces coastline protection regulations. Sen. Theodore Aleixo defends himself in improper involvement in development project violating wetlands statute.Daniel Greenbaum.
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.
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
Description: James Shannon announces P&L Electroplating dumped cyanide and other untreated chemicals into ground and sewer system. John DeVillars warns corporations to obey environment laws.Toxic barrels.